Development of the Pregnancy and Childbirth Questionnaire (PCQ): evaluating quality of care as perceived by women who recently gave birth

The Effect of Multiprofessional Simulation-Based Obstetric Team Training on Patient-Reported Quality of Care

“…27 Reliability analyses in this secondary care population showed good internal consistency (Table 2) with comparable Cronbach >'s (0.80 to 0.93) as found in the validation study of this questionnaire. 9 Both the subscales ''personal treatment during pregnancy'' (P = 0.005) and ''educational information'' (P = 0.001) showed a significant increase in perceived quality of care, but the subscale ''personal treatment during delivery'' showed no significant difference (P = 0.63).…”

“…More details with regard to the development and validation of this questionnaire have been described elsewhere. 9 The PCQ consists of 25 items rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (''totally agree'') to 5 (''totally disagree''). Positively formulated statements were recoded so that higher scores indicated higher quality of care.…”

“…The PCQ showed good psychometric properties for both the total scale (25 items, Cronbach > = 0.92) and its 3 subscales as follows: personal treatment during pregnancy (11 items, > = 0.89), educational information (7 items, > = 0.83), and personal treatment during delivery (7 items, > = 0.86). 9 Furthermore, the questionnaire contained items about demographic and obstetric features (age, level of education, gravidity, parity, previous miscarriage or abortion, gestational age when giving birth, trajectory of referral to secondary care, and mode of delivery). Dutch-speaking patients who gave birth in the hospital in March and April 2013 received a postal invitation at 6 weeks postpartum to fill out an online questionnaire (sample I, control group before the team training).…”

“…6Y8 Furthermore, recently published data showed that women who had been referred to hospital during pregnancy reported a lower perceived quality of care. 9 Because trend analysis has shown an increase in referral rate, 10 improving communication and collaboration between and within different levels of care are important to achieve better quality of care.…”

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

“…심 간호에 관심을 기울이게 되어, 분만여성에 대한 간호의 질 향상 을 이끌어 낼 수 있다 [6,7]. 분만간호의 질 측정은 의료기관의 서비 스 질 향상을 이끌어 내고, 분만 수요자의 의료기관 선택에 영향을 미치게 되기 때문에 분만간호의 질은 병원관리자에게도 중요한 개념 이다 [8].…”