Postpartum Motherhood Blues Assessment Scale: Development and validation

Aim: This study was conducted to develop a valid and reliable scale to evaluate postpartum motherhood blues. Method: It was conducted face to face with 443 postpartum mothers in the gynecology clinic of a state hospital in a province in the west of Türkiye. Validity and reliability analyzes of the draft scale were performed using descriptive and confirmatory methods. Results: It consists of 3 sub-dimensions and 23 items, explaining 55.850% of the total variance of the scale. Item-total correlations were between 0.437 and 0.730. Cronbach Alpha values of the scale and its subscales are as follows: scale: 0.902, 0.914 (mother self-care), 0.858 (baby care), 0.780 (spousal support). Test-retest agreement was good (p