Development and validation of the Midwife Profiling Questionnaire assessing women’s preferred perinatal care professional and knowledge of midwives’ legal competences

Vermeulen, Joeri; Peersman, Wim; Quadvlieg, Linda; Fobelets, Maaike; Clercq, Gerlinde De; Swinnen, Eva; Beeckman, Katrien

doi:10.1016/j.srhc.2018.01.003

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“…The content validity was quantitatively measured by establishing the proportion of experts agreeing on the clarity and relevance of the selected critical component. The selected methodology was adapted from Zamanzadeh et al (Zamanzadeh et al, 2014) and has also been used in earlier validation studies (Vermeulen et al, 2018; Vermeulen, Buyl, et al, 2020a).…”

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Defining midwifery autonomy in Belgium: Consensus of a modified Delphi study

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Buyl

Luyben

et al. 2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aims:Although there is substantial literature on autonomy of midwifery, the concept remains vague, and what it exactly constitutes is little clear. Attempts to define this have been carried out, but did not result in a communal understanding. The aim of this study therefore was to define a consistent definition of midwifery autonomy in Belgium. Design: A modified Delphi survey with content experts. Methods: Critical components of the available definitions on midwifery autonomy were retrieved from the literature, and translated into Dutch and French. An online Delphi panel of content expert assessed components of autonomy in midwifery on clarity and relevance between June and October 2021. From the validated components, a preliminary consolidated definition was generated, which was validated in a final Delphi round.Results: After round one, content experts (n = 27) evaluated 10 out of 17 components to be clear and relevant. Two components were judged inappropriate and therefore removed. After further adaptation four additional components were identified appropriate after the second round, and one component after a third Delphi round. Experts' suggestions for improving the clarity and relevance were taken into account. Finally, experts assessed the preliminary definition. After minor modifications the definition of midwifery autonomy in Belgium was confirmed valid. Conclusion:We established a communal definition of midwifery autonomy in Belgium, the creation of such a definition results in a joint understanding of the concept of midwifery autonomy.Impact: If midwives internationally want to successfully achieve autonomy, a clear understanding of the concept of midwifery autonomy is needed. The consensus definition of midwifery autonomy in Belgium comprises 15 components related to midwives' work content, professionalism and relationship with others. Our definition of midwifery autonomy has the potential to encourage an international dialogue, grounded in a common understanding of autonomy, enabling stakeholders in maternity care to strengthen professional midwifery autonomy.

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Defining midwifery autonomy in Belgium: Consensus of a modified Delphi study

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“…The DDads questionnaire is based on several pre-existing tools: an existing questionnaire by Highet et al focusing on maternal depression (22), a literature review on paternal postpartum depression (14), and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5 (2013) criteria (23). While all the questions of the questionnaire were developed and put together in English and once the final questions were selected, the forward/backward translation was applied (English to Dutch, JV, FD, DD, MF-Dutch to English, ST, JV, MF), to identify discrepancies between both versions, as is recommended to obtain reliable results and also necessary for validation for the local context (24). The final Dutch version was agreed on by the research team, and the design of the questionnaire was established.…”

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The Development of the DDads Questionnaire: Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes of the General Population Towards Paternal Depression

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Objectives: Paternal perinatal depression affects ~10% of new fathers and is known to have a negative impact on men's relationship with their partner as well as with their baby. The attitudes of the general population toward paternal depression have received scant attention in the scientific literature. A better understanding of paternal depression might improve the health literacy of the population and also assist professionals and policy makers to adequately address this issue, to ultimately refine the existing health care alternatives for them. This paper describes the Belgian development, face and content validation of the DDads (Depression in Dads) questionnaire. Its focus is to identify the awareness, knowledge and attitudes of the general population toward paternal perinatal depression.Study Design: The DDads was developed using a three-step model with the following phases: (1) identification of the content domain, (2) item generation and (3) construction of the questionnaire. For the DDads validation a (a) Delphi method with content experts (n = 17) and (b) a cognitive debriefing method with lay experts (n = 20) were used to assess the clarity, relevance, wording and layout.Results: The questionnaire consists of three main components comprising: (1) three questions on awareness, (2) three questions on knowledge and (3) one question on attitudes and beliefs. After round one validation, all questions were considered content valid for relevance (I-CVI 0.94–1.00), and six questions for clarity (I-CVI 0.65–1.00). Scale content (S-CVI/Ave 0.93) and face validity (Face Validity Index 1.00) was obtained. One question was revised and split into two questions in a second round. For one of these questions, item content (0.80–0.93), scale content (0.92) and face validity (1.00) was reached. The one question, exploring the causes of paternal perinatal depression, remained inappropriate and was removed from the DDads. One last question was removed after interviews with lay experts.Conclusions: We developed an instrument to establish awareness, knowledge and attitudes of the general population toward paternal perinatal depression in Belgium. The DDads can be valuable in identifying knowledge gaps. It can help to inform policy makers and health professionals to identify gaps and predisposed attitudes in society toward paternal depression which may hinder appropriate management.

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“…The content experts, for this study were individuals judged to have characteristics as described by literature [28,30,31,37] to be highly knowledgeable about the domain of interest and/or scale development. Nine domain experts assessed the content validity for the first round and seven for the third round.…”

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“…Additional potential limitation is that this type of study does not automatically describe content that might have been omitted. To minimize this limitation, experts were able to suggest other items based on their background and expertise as supported by Vermeulen et al [37] 4.4 Implications and recommendations The focus in this study is to use the RATP for improved prevention of PPH, a global maternal health issue by being proactive rather than being active. Furthermore, this tool can be of great value in improving the knowledge of health care providers especially nurses and midwives about the value of quality preventive care and maternity care in general.…”

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Who is at risk? The development of a tool to predict and prevent postpartum hemorrhage

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Nzayirambaho

Umubyeyi

et al. 2020

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Background: Postpartum hemorrhage remains the main cause of maternal mortality in Low and Middle Income Countries. There is a need to advocate for extra vigilance to recognize women at a greater risk and implement early intervention for Postpartum hemorrhage prevention. The purpose of the present study is to develop a content validated risk assessment tool for the prediction and prevention of Postpartum hemorrhage among childbearing women.Methods: This study is drawn from a larger mixed method sequential exploratory study. Factors influencing the prevention of Postpartum hemorrhage were identified from a scoping review and qualitative descriptive studies previously conducted. To establish content validity Index of the instrument, content experts assessed each item of the tool for comprehensiveness, relevance, and face validity. The tool was pilot tested to assess its clinical utility by fifteen (15) health care providers purposively selected from one district hospital based on a minimum of one-year experience in maternity. Ethical considerations were observed.Results: The Risk Assessment Tool went through three rounds of assessment for its content validity. The final round of quantification of the content validity demonstrates that 4 items out of 46 had an Item Content Validity Index (I-CVI) of 0.85 while 42 had the maximum I-CVI of 1. The overall Scale Content Validity Index/ Average (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.98, and the universal approach of Scale Content Validity Index/Universal Agreement (S-CVI/UA) was 0.91. The assessment of clinical utility of Risk Assessment Tool for the Prediction and Prevention of Postpartum hemorrhage among Childbearing women (RATP) demonstrates that its format allows easy recording of findings and using the tool can be an added value for prevention of PPH.Conclusions: The risk assessment tool for the prediction and prevention of Postpartum hemorrhage is intended to be used by health care providers in Rwanda to identify mothers at risk of developing PPH and implement timely prevention strategies. The clinical use of the tool can be vital in the development of accurate preventive approaches by key policy makers in Rwanda in particular and in other developing countries.

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Development and validation of the Midwife Profiling Questionnaire assessing women’s preferred perinatal care professional and knowledge of midwives’ legal competences

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

Defining midwifery autonomy in Belgium: Consensus of a modified Delphi study

Defining midwifery autonomy in Belgium: Consensus of a modified Delphi study

The Development of the DDads Questionnaire: Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes of the General Population Towards Paternal Depression

Who is at risk? The development of a tool to predict and prevent postpartum hemorrhage

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