Validation of the Slade Fear of Childbirth Scale for Pregnancy in a Sample of Iranian Women: A Crosssectional Study

Objectives: The existence of a valid scale fear childbirth (FOC) has an effective role in identifying women at risk, so this study was conducted to determine the validation Slade FOC for pregnancy sample Iranian women. Materials and Methods: In cross-sectional study, initially, translated based on forward-backward approach. For sampling among pregnant Anbarabad city, 820 were selected by multistage cluster method. research questionnaire included (a) demographic information, (b) (new scale), (c) attitude (validated (d) Wijma scale). Face validity, content construct validity (using factor analysis), convergent concurrent (by calculating present correlation with used scale. Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), split-half, stability (test-retest) methods reliability. SPSS software version 22 LISREL 8.8 data analysis. Results: Target population comments applied face impact score range 1.6-4.5. Content ratio (CVR) values (81%-100%) index (CVI) value (83%) acceptable. exploratory analysis (EFA) showed that had four factors which include uncertainty injury 18.39%, unprofessional behavior maternity staff 14.51%, unpredictable 14.44%, negative emotions 10.54% variance. acceptable between items total 0.41-0.63. coefficient 0.81 0.79, respectively. reliability result internal alpha = 0.84), split-half (0.71 first half 0.78 second scale) (r 0.78). Conclusions: results Therefore, can be scientific screening FOC.