Measuring the parent/health visitor relationship: Piloting the questionnaires

This final paper of five presents the steps taken to construct and pilot questionnaires to measure the parent/health visitor (HV) relationship. Construction of the questionnaires built on evidence from qualitative research undertaken with parents and HVs, and was presented in the previous papers. The questionnaires were piloted in the community, with involvement from parents and HVs to adjust the wording of statements for ease of understanding and clarity, and to ensure construct validity and reliability. The questionnaires proved acceptable and understandable to parents and HVs who quickly completed them. Statistical analysis confirmed that the questionnaires were sensitive to different relationships and that, overall, HVs had positive relationships with parents. The clinical significance of the evidence was also analysed.