Development of an Instrument to Assess the Quality of Childbirth Care from the Mother's Perspective

Abstract

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NoDerivs License. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)If the original work is properly cited and retained without any modification or reproduction, it can be used and re-distributed in any format and medium. Purpose: This study aimed to develop an instrument to assess the quality of childbirth care from the perspective of a mother after delivery. Methods: The instrument was developed from a literature review, interviews, and item validation. Thirty-eight items were compiled for the instrument. The data for validity and reliability testing were collected using a questionnaire survey conducted on 270 women who had undergone normal vaginal delivery in Korea and analyzed with descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis, and reliability coefficients. Results: The exploratory factor analysis reduced the number of items in the instrument to 28 items that were factored into four subscales: family-centered care, personal care, emotional empowerment, and information provision. With respect to convergence validation, there was positive correlation between this instrument and birth satisfaction scale (r=.34, p<.001). The internal consistency reliability was acceptable (Cronbach's alpha =.96).Conclusion: This instrument could be used as a measure of the quality of nursing care for women who have a normal vaginal delivery.

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“…전문교육을 받은 간호사 등의 출산 전문가들로 구성된 임 산부만을 위해 이뤄진 팀의 지원과 돌봄이 필요하다 (Chae & Park, 2018;Choi & Kim, 2011;Jeong et al, 2018 (Oh et al, 2006;Yeo, 2010 (Fig. 1) .…”