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Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale (BUMPs)
Duygu Gulec Satir1, Seda Hazar2
1Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of the Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale by adapting it to Turkish society.
Design And Methods:
This methodological study was conducted with 265 pregnant women.
Findings:
We performed exploratory factor analysis and determined that the scale consists of 17 items and 2 subdimensions. The two-factor structure was confirmed as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis. The Cronbach's alpha value of the scale was 0.87.
Practise Implications:
The Body Understanding Measure for Pregnancy scale is a valid and reliable measurement tool for measuring the body satisfaction of pregnant women for Turkish society.
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