Maternal confidence after birth in at-risk and not-at-risk mothers: internal and external validity of the Danish version of the Karitane Parenting Confidence Scale (KPCS)

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 3 Response distribution at two and six months n = 695

Response	2 months all					6 months all
Response	0	1	2	3	Mean	0	1	2	3	Mean
1. Feeding baby	2	1	13	679	2.97	0	3	20	672	2.96
2. Settling baby	0	1	44	650	2.93	0	0	17	678	2.98
3. Establishing good sleep routine	1	44	244	406	2.52	2	34	214	445	2.59
4. Knowing what to do when baby cries	0	5	125	565	2.81	2	0	57	636	2.91
5. Understanding baby’s signals	0	6	242	447	2.63	1	7	170	517	2.73
6. Soothing baby when distressed	1	1	80	613	2.88	0	0	27	668	2.96
7. Playing with baby	0	10	138	547	2.77	0	7	104	584	2.83
8. Handling cold or minor illness	11	64	307	313	2.33	1	12	190	492	2.69
9. Confidence in support from partner	1	7	76	611	2.87	1	10	89	595	2.84
10. Baby is doing well	0	8	70	617	2.88	1	0	34	660	2.95
11. Making decisions about care of baby	0	2	44	649	2.93	0	0	18	677	2.97
12. Being a mother/father is very stressful	14	247	223	211	1.91	13	218	265	199	1.94
13. Feel doing a good job as mother/father	1	7	119	568	2.80	0	2	91	602	2.86
14. Other people believe doing a good job	0	0	29	666	2.96	0	0	29	666	2.96
15. Feel sure about support from others	0	3	65	627	2.90	0	4	85	606	2.87

Responses: 0: No, hardly ever; 1: No, not very often; 2: Yes, some of the time; 3: Yes, most of the time