PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to translate and modify the Assessment of Mother-Infant Sensitivity scale into a Chinese version (modified AMIS-C) and to examine its reliability with preterm and term Taiwanese mother-infant dyads. METHOD: A total of 241 mother-infant pairs (179 preterm dyads and 62 term dyads) were prospectively recorded and their behaviour in feeding assessed using the modified AMIS-C when infants were at 4 and 6 months corrected age. A subset of the sample was used for interrater reliability testing, and the whole sample was used for assessment of internal consistency. RESULTS: Interrater reliability was high for the modified AMIS-C section and total scores (intra-class correlation coefficients=0.91-0.99). Internal consistency was good to excellent for the maternal section and total score (α=0.71-0.86) and was fair to good for the infant and dyadic section score (α=0.44-0.75). CONCLUSIONS: The modified AMIS-C scale is a clinically feasible and reliable instrument for assessing mother-infant interaction of preterm and term dyads during early infancy.
PURPOSE: The objectives of this study were to translate and modify the Assessment of Mother-Infant Sensitivity scale into a Chinese version (modified AMIS-C) and to examine its reliability with preterm and term Taiwanese mother-infant dyads. METHOD: A total of 241 mother-infant pairs (179 preterm dyads and 62 term dyads) were prospectively recorded and their behaviour in feeding assessed using the modified AMIS-C when infants were at 4 and 6 months corrected age. A subset of the sample was used for interrater reliability testing, and the whole sample was used for assessment of internal consistency. RESULTS: Interrater reliability was high for the modified AMIS-C section and total scores (intra-class correlation coefficients=0.91-0.99). Internal consistency was good to excellent for the maternal section and total score (α=0.71-0.86) and was fair to good for the infant and dyadic section score (α=0.44-0.75). CONCLUSIONS: The modified AMIS-C scale is a clinically feasible and reliable instrument for assessing mother-infant interaction of preterm and term dyads during early infancy.
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