2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-021-03987-z
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Development of the Woman-Centred Care Scale- Midwife Self Report (WCCS-MSR)

Abstract: Background Woman-centred care is recognised as a fundamental construct of midwifery practice yet to date, there has been no validated tool available to measure it. This study aims to develop and test a self-report tool to measure woman-centred care in midwives. Methods A staged approach was used for tool development including deductive methods to generate items, testing content validity with a group of experts, and psychometrically testing the inst… Show more

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“…A qualitative interpretive descriptive study [21] was conducted to describe how midwives provided woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by this approach, we (midwives) based and adapted our guiding questions for the in-depth interviews on the development of the Woman-Centred Care Scale -Midwife Self Report (WCCS-MSR) [8] (see Box 1).…”
Section: Participants Ethics and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A qualitative interpretive descriptive study [21] was conducted to describe how midwives provided woman-centred care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guided by this approach, we (midwives) based and adapted our guiding questions for the in-depth interviews on the development of the Woman-Centred Care Scale -Midwife Self Report (WCCS-MSR) [8] (see Box 1).…”
Section: Participants Ethics and Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The provision of woman-centred care is embedded in the National Midwife Standards for Practice [3] and is the foundational construct of the most recent strategic framework for Australian maternity services [4]. Recent primary research and reviews have contributed to the understanding of the features that exemplify woman-centred care which include: adaptability to provide individualised care, facilitation of informed decision making, advanced communication skills encompassing listening and reflection, supportive presence including touch and modification of the environment to suit the woman, authentic relationships and respect, freedom for midwives to make choices, and self-determination, and evidence-based care [5][6][7][8]. The strong emphasis on sophisticated and nuanced communication skills and physical proximity are founded in the provision of relational care that is centred on the woman and is inclusive of her partner and support people [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, the low turnover intention can be determined by the midwives’ conviction of the mission to help others. Woman-centred care is the defining feature of midwifery [ 59 ]. Unlike in previous studies, age, job tenure [ 11 ], education level [ 60 ], and marital status [ 61 ] were not significantly associated with the intention to leave a job or occupation.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The minimum score in this questionnaire is 40 and the maximum score is 280. Higher scores indicate a higher level of WCC (Davis et al, 2021).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%