Development and psychometric testing of the scales for measuring maternal satisfaction in normal and caesarean birth

Güngör, İlkay; Beji, Nezihe Kızılkaya

doi:10.1016/j.midw.2011.03.009

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“…Measuring women’s satisfaction with childbirth services not only helps in improving client-friendliness and cultural sensitivity of facility-based intrapartum and postpartum care [6]; it also has clinical significance. Studies show that women who are satisfied with childbirth services tend to have better self-esteem and confidence, are faster in establishing a maternal–neonatal bond, and are more likely to breastfeed compared with women who are dissatisfied [7,8].…”

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Satisfaction with childbirth services provided in public health facilities: results from a cross- sectional survey among postnatal women in Chhattisgarh, India

Jha

Larsson

Christensson

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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Background: A woman’s satisfaction with childbirth services can have a significant impact on her mental health and ability to bond with her neonate. Knowing postnatal women’s opinions and satisfaction with services makes the services more women-friendly. Indian women’s satisfaction with childbirth services has been explored qualitatively, or by using non-standard local questionnaires, but scientific data gathered with standardised questionnaires are extremely limited. Objective: To measure postnatal Indian women’s satisfaction with childbirth services at selected public health facilities in Chhattisgarh, India. Methods: Cross-sectional survey using consecutive sampling (n = 1004) was conducted from March to May 2015. Hindi-translated and validated versions of the Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction for Vaginal Births (VB) and Caesarean Births (CB) were used for data collection. Results: Although most of the women (VB 68.7%; CB 79.2%) were satisfied with the overall childbirth services received, those who had VB were least satisfied with the processes around meeting their neonates (mean subscale score 1.8, SD 1.3), while women having CB were least satisfied with postpartum care received (mean subscale score 2.7, SD 1.2). Regression analyses revealed that among women having VB, interacting with care providers, being able to maintain privacy, and being free from fear of childbirth had a positive influence on overall satisfaction with the childbirth. Among women having CB, earning their own salary and having a positive perception of self-health had associations with overall birth satisfaction. Conclusions: Improving interpersonal interaction with nurse-midwives, and ensuring privacy during childbirth and hospital stay, are recommended first steps to improve women’s childbirth satisfaction, until the supply gap is eliminated.

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Satisfaction with childbirth services provided in public health facilities: results from a cross- sectional survey among postnatal women in Chhattisgarh, India

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Larsson

Christensson

et al. 2017

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“…Women' needs are fully different during these two periods (Hildingsson and Thomas As indicated in the results, there is a meaningful relationship between the questionnaires factors and the instrument in general which shows that women' satisfaction of normal and caesarian childbirth is fully related to women' perception of Health Professional, midwifery care, readiness for caesarian, meeting baby, respect for privacy, meeting the expectations, hospital facilities, hospital room, information and participation in making decision, and peace and comfort. Gunger et al also in her regression model showed that some social, managerial, and supportive factors are good determinants for women' satisfaction assessment of childbirth (Gungor and Beji 2012).…”

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“…The multidimensional structure of factors that affect satisfaction has been emphasised in several studies that assessed women's birth experiences and satisfaction with care The model proposed by Miss Ganger et al is an applicable and comprehensive model (Gungor and Beji 2012). In this scale, "woman's perception of health professionals" has been considered as a separate area and measure, because most women are worry about their relationship with medical staff during childbirth.…”

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“…In recent years, the analysis of perceived satisfaction by users of health-care systems has become more important (Sadjadian, Kaviani et al 2002, Amerion, Ebrahimnia et al 2009). assessments of women's satisfaction with their care during labour and childbirth are relevant to health-care providers, administrators and policy makers to assess the quality of care, make decisions about the organisation and provision of health-care services, avoid malpractice litigation and maintain a competitive edge in the health-care arena (Goodman, Mackey et al 2004, Gungor andBeji 2012).…”

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Persian Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Scales for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction in Normal and Caesarean Birth

Pakari¹,

Zahrani²,

Nasiri³

et al. 2016

Biosci., Biotech. Res. Asia

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Childbirth is a crucial experience in women's life as it has a substantial psychological, emotional and physical impact. A childbirth satisfaction is important to the mother, infant's health and well-being, and mother-infant relationship. Furthermore, it is useful for the care providers to guarantee the best preparation, health service and support to childbearing women. The present study was conducted to validate and examine the factor structure of the Persian version of the scales for measuring maternal satisfaction in normal and caesarean birth. 43-item SMMS -Normal birth and 42-item SMMSCaesarean birth were first translated by specialists into Persian. The questionnaires' validity was determined by using face, content, and criterion and construct validity. Reliability of questionnaires was examined by using Cronbach's alpha. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed in LISREL8.8 and SPSS 21.Participants included healthy Iranian postpartum women who refer to selected hospitals for delivery. Hospitals included social security and university hospitals and selected through the random cluster sampling method. The results of validity and reliability assessments of the questionnaires were acceptable. Cronbach's alpha calculated showed a high internal consistency of 0.89 for SMMS-Normal birth and 0.84 for SMMS-Caesarean birth. The confirmatory factor analysis using the c2, CMIN/DF, IFI, CFI, NFI and NNFI indexes showed the 10 factor model to be the best fitted model for explaining the data. The scales are valid and reliable tools for evaluating Iranian women's experiences in labour and the early postpartum period.

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“…Required sample size in scale development studies, it is often suggested that five to 10 subjects should be included per item, considering the number of items in the draft scale (Gungor & Beji, 2012). So with regard to 48 items, 480 mothers were selected for this phase of the study and they completed the questionnaire.…”

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Development and Psychometric Tests of Midwife-Mother Relationship Scale (MMRS) in Delivery Room

Attarha¹,

Keshavarz²,

Bakhtiari³

et al. 2016

GJHS

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Midwives have different aspects of responsibility in terms of the normal and high-risk pregnancy in delivery room. Thus, this study aimed to develop a scale for evaluating the midwife-mother relationship in delivery room. This study was conducted from August 2014 and October 2015 in Arak, Iran. The present mixed-methods sequential exploratory (quantitative-qualitative) study used the content analysis method to design an initial Scale through a review of the literature. The validity of the Scale was ensured by assessing the face validity, content validity and construct validity (exploratory factor analysis with 480 mothers who hospitalized at post-partum ward in hospitals of Arak province), and its reliability was ensured by assessing its internal consistency (using Cronbach's alpha) and by assessing its stability through the test-retest method. The qualitative stage of the study resulted in a 71-item Scale with four domains. Those with impact item index over 1.5, CVR over 0.42, and CVI over 0.79 were considered as valid; while the rest were eliminated resulting in a 48-item scale. After Performing the content and face analysis, a factor analysis was performed on 48 items of the scale, yielding a 43-item questionnaire with four domains, including "outcome", "expectations" "effective factors on care" and "therapeutic alliance" which explained 60.4% of the variance. The reliability of the scale was confirmed with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.93 and its stability was confirmed by an Interclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.90. MMRS was a valid and reliable instrument for measuring midwife-mother relationship in delivery room. It is easy to use scale and contains the most significant features of midwife-mother relationship.

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Development and psychometric testing of the scales for measuring maternal satisfaction in normal and caesarean birth

Cited by 87 publications

References 38 publications

Satisfaction with childbirth services provided in public health facilities: results from a cross- sectional survey among postnatal women in Chhattisgarh, India

Satisfaction with childbirth services provided in public health facilities: results from a cross- sectional survey among postnatal women in Chhattisgarh, India

Persian Translation and Psychometric Testing of the Scales for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction in Normal and Caesarean Birth

Development and Psychometric Tests of Midwife-Mother Relationship Scale (MMRS) in Delivery Room

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