Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)

Abstract

Objective: To assess factor structure, validity and reliability of the Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS) and to develop a short-form version of the tool.Design: A quantitative design focused on evaluating psychometric properties of the BSS using factor structure, internal consistency, divergent reliability and known groups validity.

Construct and content validity of the Greek version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale (G-BSS)

“…Indeed, it is clear from the Hollins Martin and Martin (2014) paper that the profile of scores on the 10-item-BSS-R sub-scales and total score was identical in interpretation to what was found in the current study.…”

“…Friedrich, F., Alexandrowicz, R., Benda, N., Cerny, G., &Wancata, J. (2011 Martin and Martin (2014) and determined to be a 'Quality of Care' domain item and thus realigned to that domain in their revision of the scale and development of the short-form version. …”

“…Using the three-subscale model of the 10-item-BSS-R and the suggested rescaling to a zero point as suggested by Hollins Martin and Martin (2014), the 10-item revised version of the 10-item-G-BSS-R was rescaled to produce a zero score point across the total scale and the three subscales, thus the revised 10-item instrument would be short-form and full-length total and sub-scales versions are shown in Table 1. …”

“…Martin and Martin's (2014) critique of earlier work on the original development of the English (UK) version of the scale, which suggested scoring the tool as a uni-dimensional measure with a single sum score (Hollins Martin & Fleming, 2011). However, it should be acknowledged that within the early development of the scale, Hollins Martin and Fleming (2011) The availability of these short-form and long-form versions of the Greek-language versions of the original BSS, notwithstanding the limitations highlighted above, does facilitate the opportunity to explore the relationship of birth satisfaction in relation to salient psychological domains of relevance to childbirth such as postnatal depression (Wylie et al, 2011), anxiety (Jomeen and Martin, 2005), perceptions of care , worry ), prenatal distress (Alderdice et al, 2013) within the Greek context.…”

“…It is worthy of note, that though the BSS was developed by a sophisticated review and thematic appraisal of the literature (Hollins Martin and Fleming, 2011), the concurrent analysis approach to scale content veracity utilised by Hollins Martin et al, 2012) is a relatively novel and recent approach within the validity literature. Consequently, only relatively recently was a psychometric appraisal of the measurement properties of the BSS conducted (Hollins Martin and Martin, 2014). Two-hundred and twenty-eight women who were less than 10 days postpartum and resident in the West of Scotland (UK) participated in the study to evaluate the measurement characteristics of the BSS.…”