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Pregnancy And Motherhood Evaluation Questionnaire (Pmeq) – psychometric properties in Polish women with physical disability
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Introduction: Women with physical disabilities need specialist assistance and support. Access to a measurement instrument that captures the specific needs and experiences of women with physical disabilities will contribute to improving the design and delivery of specialist care and support services tailored to this group. Pregnancy and Motherhood Evaluation Questionnaire by Panuccio et al. (2022) is used to assess the importance of disability for the course of pregnancy and motherhood among women with physical disabilities.
Research Aim: Evaluate the psychometric properties of the Polish version of PMEQ among women with physical disability.
Method: Research was conducted among 101 women with acquired physical disability. The primary structure of the questionnaire is not similar to the original version – the confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm its three-factor structure in the Polish group. On this basis, it was decided to propose the author’s own version of the tool.
Results: The conducted analyses allowed for extracting a 5-factor structure, which explained 58.36% of the variance in the results.
Conclusions: The empirical data obtained indicate satisfactory reliability, stability, and validity of the presented scale.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lrp.2026.45.2.179-198
Date of publication: 2026-06-30 15:05:49
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