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