Assessing the perception of the childbirth experience in Italian women: A contribution to the adaptation of the childbirth perception questionnaire

Bertucci, Veronica; Boffo, Marilisa; Mannarini, Stefania; Serena, A.; Saccardi, Carlo; Cosmi, Erich; Andrisani, Alessandra; Ambrosini, Guido

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2011.02.009

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“…The original questionnaire was excluded from our review as the original paper does not present testing of psychometric properties. Bertucci et al [26] are aware of this, but they consider the strengths of the questionnaire outweigh the limitations as it takes a broad view of various aspects into consideration when evaluating the childbirth perceptions. The psychometric properties need to to be further evaluated.…”

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“…These included: The Childbirth Trauma Index for adolescents [22] (overall quality mark of 2); The Perception of Birth Scale [23, 24] (overall quality marks of 3); Support and Control in Birth [25] (overall quality marks of 4); The Childbirth Experience Perception Questionnaire [26] and The Birth satisfaction scale and the Birth satisfaction scale - revised [27–29] (overall quality marks of 4.5); The Birth Memories and Recall Questionnaire [30], The labour and delivery satisfaction index [31] (an instrument developed and evaluated in 1987, and in need of further testing and updating of its psychometric properties), the Women’s delivery experience measures [32], and the Childbirth schema scale [33] (overall quality marks of 5).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several of the papers included in our review consisted of development and validation of existing questionnaires [23, 26, 41]. As well, several of the questionnaires have been culturally translated and validated in other languages and cultures [67–69, 77–80].…”

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Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Nilvér

Begley

Berg

2017

BMC Pregnancy Childbirth

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BackgroundWomen’s childbirth experience can have immediate as well as long-term positive or negative effects on their life, well-being and health. When evaluating and drawing conclusions from research results, women’s experiences of childbirth should be one aspect to consider. Researchers and clinicians need help in finding and selecting the most suitable instrument for their purpose. The aim of this study was therefore to systematically identify and present validated instruments measuring women’s childbirth experience.MethodsA systematic review was conducted in January 2016 with a comprehensive search in the bibliographic databases PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, The Cochrane Library and PsycINFO. Included instruments measured women’s childbirth experiences. Papers were assessed independently by two reviewers for inclusion, and quality assessment of included instruments was made by two reviewers independently and in pairs using Terwee et al’s criteria for evaluation of psychometric properties.ResultsIn total 5189 citations were screened, of which 5106 were excluded by title and abstract. Eighty-three full-text papers were reviewed, and 37 papers were excluded, resulting in 46 included papers representing 36 instruments. These instruments demonstrated a wide range in purpose and content as well as in the quality of psychometric properties.ConclusionsThis systematic review provides an overview of existing instruments measuring women’s childbirth experiences and can support researchers to identify appropriate instruments to be used, and maybe adapted, in their specific contexts and research purpose.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12884-017-1356-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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2017

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“…Investigations of women's satisfaction with intrapartum care is important to improve healthcare services and has implications for the health and well‐being of the mother, newborn and mother–infant relationship (Bertucci et al. ; Ford & Ayers ; Kuo et al. ).…”

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Jordanian women's dissatisfaction with childbirth care

Mohammad

Alafi

Mohammad

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International Nursing Review

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“…Childbirth is a challenging and critical experience in women's life with its important psychological, sensational, and physical impact (1). The studies showed that fear of childbirth pain is a common feeling among pregnant women.…”

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Snoezelen Room and Childbirth Outcome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Manesh¹,

Kalati²,

Hosseini³

2015

Iran Red Crescent Med J

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Background: One of the strategies for a good outcome and pain free childbearing is to design the delivery room. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of snoezelen room on childbearing outcome such as pain intensity, duration of labor, and perinea status in nulliparous women. Patients and Methods: This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial consists of 100 childbearing women. They were randomly divided into 2 groups. The experimental group went to snoezelen room when their cervix dilation was 4 cm, while the control group went to physiologic delivery room with the same cervix dilation. Results: The mean ± SD of VAS (Visual Analogue Scale) pain intensity of the experimental and control groups before the intervention were 5.1 ± 1.95 and 5.58 ± 1.62, respectively (P = 0.13). The mean ± SD of VAS pain intensity scores of the experimental and control groups after 3 hours spending in their assigned rooms were 5.26 ± 0.86 and 9.56 ± 1.48, respectively (P = 0.01). The mean ± SD of the first stage scores of the experimental and control groups were 6.95 ± 0.97 and 8.41 ± 0.67, respectively (P = 0.042). About 92% of participants' intervention vs. 66% of control participants had perinea laceration (P = 0.041). Conclusions: According to the findings of the present study, distracting senses in snoezelen room decreases mother's pain intensity, the length of labor, and incidence of episiotomy.

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Assessing the perception of the childbirth experience in Italian women: A contribution to the adaptation of the childbirth perception questionnaire

Cited by 54 publications

References 47 publications

Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Measuring women’s childbirth experiences: a systematic review for identification and analysis of validated instruments

Jordanian women's dissatisfaction with childbirth care

Snoezelen Room and Childbirth Outcome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

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