Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in Brazilian Portuguese

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Borges, Ana Luiza Vilela ^a   Barrett, Geraldine ^b   dos Santos, Osmara Alves ^a   Nascimento, Natalia de Castro ^a   Cavalhieri, Fernanda Bigio ^a   Fujimori, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intention; Measure; Pregnancy; Psychometric; Scale; Unplanned

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITEM TOTAL CORRELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PORTUGUESE (LANGUAGE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REST; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; LANGUAGE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LANGUAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSLATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007439036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1037-2     Document Type: Article

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