Research Article
Validation of the Malay Version of the Inventory of Functional Status after Childbirth Questionnaire
Table 1
IFSAC subscales and items.
| Item | Subscale |
| | (1) Household activities | B1.1 | Care of family members | B1.2 | Cleaning the house | B1.3 | Tidying the house (making beds, picking up things, etc.) | B1.4 | Laundry | B1.5 | Doing dishes | B1.6 | Cooking | B1.7 | Household business (paying bills, banking, etc.) | B1.8 | Grocery shopping | B1.9 | Shopping, other than groceries | B1.10 | Doing errands | B1.11 | Heavy housework and maintenance work (seasonal cleaning, painting, etc.) | B1.12 | Caring for pets | | (2) Social and community activities | B2.13 | Community service organizations | B2.14 | Professional organization | B2.15 | Religious organizations | B2.16 | Socializing with friends | B2.17 | Socializing with relatives | B2.18 | Social clubs | | (3) Infant care | B3.19 | Daytime feedings | B3.20 | Night feedings | B3.21 | Bathe the baby | B3.22 | Change diapers | B3.23 | Change the baby’s clothes | B3.24 | Play with the baby | | (4) Personal care | B4.25 | Spend much of the day lying down | B4.26 | Sit during much of the day | B4.27 | Spend much of the day sleeping or dozing | B4.28 | Stand for only short periods of time | B4.29 | Spend most of the day in my nightgown/bathrobe | B4.30 | Take walks | B4.31 | Go up and downs stairs | B4.32 | Walk slowly | | (5) Occupational activities | B5.33 | Am accomplishing as much as usual in my job | B5.34 | Act irritable toward my work associates (give sharp answers…) | B5.35 | Am working shorter hours | B5.36 | Am doing my job as carefully and accurately as usual |
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