title: Development and psychometric testing of the Antenatal Care Scale within the context of the Theory of Planned Behaviour.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop an instrument based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to determine the attitudes and intentions of women towards receiving antenatal care.
  
  
  METHODS
  This methodological study was carried out at health centres in Isparta, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  266 pregnant women who were able to communicate, did not have a systemic disease, and who volunteered to participate were included in this study. They were chosen by a random sampling method. A Likert-type scale composed of six subfactors and 26 items was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach's α for the Antenatal Care Scale (ANCS) was 0.96, and values for the six subfactors were between 0.88 and 0.94.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ANCS was found to be a valid and reliable instrument to determine the attitudes and intentions of women towards receiving antenatal care.
authors: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. tasciemel@gmail.com
authors: Emel
authors: E
authors: Taşçı-Duran
authors: Sukran
authors: S
authors: Ozkahraman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014421:Turkey; D064232:Visual Analog Scale
keywords: Antenatal care; Planned behaviour theory; Scale development