title: Testing the Health Practices in Pregnancy Questionnaire-II.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To revise and test a 34-item self-administered questionnaire that measures health practices important to pregnancy outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three studies were conducted: a content validity study with nurse experts, a content validity study with pregnant women, and a cross-sectional study using mailed surveys to test the reliability and construct validity of the Health Practices in Pregnancy Questionnaire-II (HPQ-II).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurse-midwifery and obstetric physician practices.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical experts (n = 8) and pregnant women (n = 10 for Study 2; n = 312 for Study 3).
  
  
  METHODS
  The HPQ-II, a self-report instrument that measures pregnancy health practices.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Content validity was established with two reviews of the HPQ-II conducted by clinical experts and pregnant women and by a satisfactory Content Validity Index. Construct validity was supported by statistically significant correlations with a measure of prepregnancy health practices, scores on individual prepregnancy health practice items, and a theoretically related measure of women's attitudes toward their pregnancies and babies. Reliability (internal consistency) was satisfactory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This instrument promises to be useful in research and practice involving health practices during pregnancy.
authors: University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792-2455, USA. kjlindgren@facstaff.wisc.edu
authors: Kelly
authors: K
authors: Lindgren
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015444:Exercise; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics; D012622:Seat Belts / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*