Validation of the Traditional Chinese version of Mothers on Respect Index (MORi) and Mother’s Autonomy in Decision Making (MADM) Scale
Junyan Li, Nitya Nagesh, Heidi SL Fan, Daniel YT Fong, Kris Yuet Wan Lok · 2026
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Junyan Li and four colleagues translate two maternity-care questionnaires into Traditional Chinese and validate them among mothers in Hong Kong. One scale measures how respected mothers felt during childbirth; the other measures how much say they had in decisions. Both were rendered through a strict forward-and-back translation process, then tested with 1,395 women who had given birth locally within five years.
The respect index emerged in a revised thirteen-item, three-factor form after one item was dropped, with perfect content validity ratings and a reliability score of 0.86. The seven-item autonomy scale survived unchanged, fitting a single factor with reliability of 0.91. Both instruments now give Hong Kong researchers dependable tools for studying respectful maternity care.
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| CREATOR | Junyan Li, Nitya Nagesh, Heidi SL Fan, Daniel YT Fong, Kris Yuet Wan Lok |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38638 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |