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Title: Evaluation of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy in a United States population of women
Authors: Morof, D
Steinauer, J
Haider, S
Liu, S
Darney, P
Barrett, G
Keywords: The London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP);Unintended pregnancy;Childbearing plans;Pregnancy prevention methods;Abortion;Contraception
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: PubMed Central
Citation: PLoS ONE, 7(4): e35381, 19 Apr 2012
Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (a U.K.-developed measure of pregnancy intention), in English and Spanish translation, in a U.S. population of women. Methods: A psychometric evaluation study of the London Measure of Unplanned Pregnancy (LMUP), a six-item, self-completion paper measure was conducted with 346 women aged 15–45 who presented to San Francisco General Hospital for termination of pregnancy or antenatal care. Analyses of the two language versions were carried out separately. Reliability (internal consistency) was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and item-total correlations. Test-retest reliability (stability) was assessed using weighted Kappa. Construct validity was assessed using principal components analysis and hypothesis testing. Results: Psychometric testing demonstrated that the LMUP was reliable and valid in both U.S. English (alpha = 0.78, all item-total correlations .0.20, weighted Kappa = 0.72, unidimensionality confirmed, hypotheses met) and Spanish translation (alpha = 0.84, all item-total correlations .0.20, weighted Kappa = 0.77, unidimensionality confirmed, hypotheses met). Conclusion: The LMUP was reliable and valid in U.S. English and Spanish translation and therefore may now be used with U.S. women.
Description: Copyright @ 2012 Morof et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
URI: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3334919/?tool=pmcentrez
http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6411
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035381
ISSN: 1932-6203
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