LETTER FOR SEEKING EXPERT OPINION AND SUGGESTION FOR

THE CONTENT VALIDATION FOR TOOL RESEARCH PROJECT

From
Anshika , Madhu , Romita , Sangeeta , Tanisha
Student of BSc (N) 4th year
Shree Bala ji Hospital & College of Nursing
Kangra
To
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Subject – Request for opinion / suggestion of experts for establishing content validity of
research tool.
Respected Madam/Sir
We, the student of BSc (N) 4 th year of Shree Balaji Hospital & College of Nursing, Kangra
under the guidance of Mrs. Kavita (Lecturer OBG) and Ms. Garima (Nursing Tutor) in Shree
Balaji hospital & College of Nursing . As a part of academic requirement, we are undertaking
a research project on “A descriptive study to assess the fear related to pregnancy and
childbirth and its associated factors among primigravidae mothers with a view to
develop an informative booklet on childbirth preparation at selected hospitals of
district Kangra (HP)
We humbly request you to go through the tool which will be used for data collection of
above-mentioned study. we hereby enclosed the following document for your kind reference
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1. Statement of problem with objectives
2. Part – A Socio demographic variables
3. Part – B Self-structure tool
4. Certificate of content validity
5. Evaluation criteria checklist
We kindly request you to provide your expert opinion and suggestion on the appropriateness
of items , need for modification and deletion . This will help us for systematic conduction of
study . Kindly issue the certificate for validation . Your kind cooperation and expert
judgement will be very much appreciated and gratefully acknowledged.
Thanking you
Yours sincerely
Anshika , Madhu , Romita , Sangeeta , Tanisha
A descriptive study to assess the fear related to pregnancy
and childbirth and its associated factors among
primigravidae mothers with a view to develop an
informative booklet on childbirth preparation at selected
hospitals of district Kangra (HP)

OBJECTIVES:-
1. To assess fear related to pregnancy and childbirth among primigravidae
mothers.

2. To find out the association between fear related to pregnancy and

childbirth among primigravidae mothers and their selected socio
demographic variables.

3. To prepare an informative booklet on pregnancy and childbirth

preparation.

SECTION – A

Sociodemographic Variables

INSTRUCTIONS:
• It is purely for research purpose and your answers will be kept
confidential therefore you are requested not to write your name.

• Complete the following by placing tick mark (√) in the appropriate place.

1. Age in years.
 21-25 years
  26-30 years

 31-35 years

2. Religion.

 Hindu

 Muslim

 Sikh

 Christian

3. Residence.

 Urban

 Rural

4. Educational status of mother.

 No formal education

 Up to matriculation

 Up to senior secondary

 Graduation or above

5. Occupational status of mother.

 Working

 Non-working

6. Type of family.
 Nuclear
 Joint
7. Duration of marriage.
 Below 2 years
 2 – 4 years
 More than 4

8. Maternal status.
 Married
 Divorced
 Widow
 Single

9. Have previous information regarding pregnancy and childbirth

preparation?
 Yes
 No

10. Previous source of information regarding pregnancy and childbirth

preparation?
 Healthcare workers
 Family and peer group
 Mass media
 Any other
 SECTION - B

SELF STRUCTURED CHECKLIST TO ASSESS FEAR OF

PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH

1. FACTORS RELATED TO FEAR BEFORE CONCEPTION

Sr.no STATEMENTS Yes No

1 Do you have faced difficulty in conception?

2 Do you have natural conception?
3 Did you have fertility issues in the past?
4 Do you undergo any fertility treatment before getting pregnant?
5 Does your current pregnancy a planned pregnancy?
6 Do you feel satisfied regarding current pregnancy according to
age of your conception?
7 Do you have faced any pressure to get pregnant as soon as
possible after marriage?
8 Was you mentally prepared to become a mother when you got
pregnant?
9 Did your husband mentally prepared to become a father when
you got pregnant?
10 Have you received any preconception counselling before getting
pregnant, if yes was it helpful?
11 Do you have received any preconception counselling before
getting pregnant, if yes did it make you anxious?
12 Do you have experienced any pregnancy loss before your
current pregnancy?

2. FACTORS RELATED TO FEAR DURING

PREGNANCY

Sr.no STATEMENTS Yes No

13 Do you feel happy when you got to know that you are pregnant?
14 Was your have husband happy when you got to know that you
were pregnant?
15 Do you have fear that you would be a good mother or not?
16 Does your family have any preference for the gender of the
child?
17 Do you have any preference for the gender of the child?
18 Do you have fear that your family will mind the gender of child?
19 Did you have any complications during current pregnancy?
20 Do you have fear that you must undergo painful invasive
procedures during pregnancy?
21 Do you have witnessed any woman who had a difficult
pregnancy?
22 Do you have fear that you may financially not prepared for the
arrival of the baby?
23 Do you have fear that you must take care of the baby alone?
24 Do you have fear that your husband would not be involved in the
care of the baby?
 3. FACTORS RELATED TO FEAR JUST BEFORE
CHILDBIRTH

Sr.no STATEMENTS Yes No

25 Do you have fear that you may go into labor much before your
due date?
26 Do you have fear that you may not have labor pain even after you
cross your due date?
27 . Do you have fear that no will be there to take care of you in the
hospital at the time of labor?
28 Do you have fear that you may give birth at home and on the way
to hospital?
29 Do you have fear that no doctor and nurse attend to me when you
reach the hospital?
30 Do you have fear that your labor may be too long?
31 Do you have fear that you may feel lonely and helpless during
labor?
32 Do you have fear that sudden complications may arise during
labor?
33 Do you have feel afraid/ tense thinking about childbirth?
34 Do you have feel that you may not have enough money for the
delivery?
35 Do you have fear that you may lose control over your bowel and
bladder activity during labor?
36 Do you have fear that you may have increase blood pressure
during labor?
 4. FACTORS RELATED TO FEAR DURING
CHILDBIRTH

Sr.no STATEMENTS Yes No

37 Do you have fear of episiotomy?

38 Do you have fear that you may bleed excessively during
childbirth?

39 Do you have fear that you may have a caesarean section?

40 Do you have fear that you may undergo anesthesia during

caesarean section?
41 Do you have fear that you may have instrumental delivery?

42 Do you have fear that you may have any birth injury due to
instrumental delivery?

43 Do you have fear that you may lose your self-control during
labor pains?
44 Do you have fear that you may die as a result of childbirth?
45 Do you have fear that your baby may have some complications
during childbirth?
46 Do you have fear that you may deliver to an abnormal child?

47 Do you have fear that your baby may be die during childbirth?

48 Do you have fear that you may deliver a baby of unwanted

Gender?
 5. FACTORS RELATED TO FEAR AFTER
CHILDBIRTH

Sr.no STATEMENTS Yes No

49 Do you have fear that you may deliver still birth baby?
50 Do you have fear that no will be there to take care of you and
your child during postpartum period?
51 Do you have fear that you may not be able to take care of your
child by yourself during the postpartum period?
52 Do you have fear that you may not be able to breastfeed
properly?
53 Do you have fear that you may not be able to perform activities
of daily living properly as before you did?
54 Do you fear that you may not be able to give sufficient time to
your personal life due to increased family responsibilities?
55 Do you fear that you may lose your job and must quit your job or
stop working after birth?
56 Do you fear that you may have disturbed sleeping pattern due to
frequent nighttime awakening?
57 Do you have fear that you may become unattractive/ fat after
childbirth?
58 Do you have fear regarding you may not regain body image
earlier?
59 Do you have fear that you may have poor sexual relationships
with your husband after the birth of a new baby?
60 Do you have fear that you may have impaired bowel and bladder
pattern after childbirth?
 TOOL VALIDATION CERTIFICATE

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I am certifying that tool is valid for the conduction of the study,” A descriptive
study to assess the fear related to pregnancy and childbirth and its associated factors
among primigravidae mothers with a view to develop an informative booklet on
childbirth preparation at selected hospitals of district Kangra ( HP )”

SUGGESTION………………………………………………………………….
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Signature of the expert………………………….

Name of the expert……………………………….
Designation ……………………………………
Date …………………………………….
 PERFOMA FOR EXPERT OPINION AND SUGGESTION FOR THE
CONTENT VALIADATION OF THE TOOL

Instructions: kindly go through the content of intervention protocol

Sections Highly Quite relevant Somewhat suggestion

relevant relevant

Section 1
Socio
demographic
variables

Section 11
Self-structured
checklist

NAME AND SIGNATURE OF AN EXPERT: ……………………………………………

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