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<sec><h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of care provided. Evaluating women’s satisfaction with childbirth is essential to improving obstetric care and ensuring a positive experience for mothers and newborns. The tools used to measure women’s satisfaction with childbirth are very heterogeneous and multidimensional. Assessment tools used in practice should be tested and meet characteristics that are consistently validated.</p>
<p>The aim is to identify currently available instruments measuring women’s satisfaction with childbirth and to evaluate their structure, content and psychometric properties.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methods</h3>
<p>A systematic search for sources was carried out according to the criteria set. For the included studies, psychometric properties were assessed in accordance with the principles of the guideline for completing systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures, COSMIN.</p>
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<sec><h3>Results</h3>
<p>The review included 31 studies that reported the psychometric properties of six measurement instruments (questionnaires, scales). Content validity, structural validity, internal consistency, reliability and cross-cultural validity were assessed for the included studies. The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ/CEQ2) and Birth Satisfaction Scale - Revised (BSS-R) were the most commonly used questionnaires in the studies.</p>
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<sec><h3>Conclusions</h3>
<p>Thorough testing of tools measuring women’s satisfaction with childbirth, and adapting them to cultural and social contexts, is still essential. It is crucial that valid and reliable questionnaires are available for midwives in practice, for use in research, to inform clinical practice and for the results to help develop the services offered.</p>
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Introduction
Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of care provided. Evaluating women’s satisfaction with childbirth is essential to improving obstetric care and ensuring a positive experience for mothers and newborns. The tools used to measure women’s satisfaction with childbirth are very heterogeneous and multidimensional. Assessment tools used in practice should be tested and meet characteristics that are consistently validated.
The aim is to identify currently available instruments measuring women’s satisfaction with childbirth and to evaluate their structure, content and psychometric properties.

Methods
A systematic search for sources was carried out according to the criteria set. For the included studies, psychometric properties were assessed in accordance with the principles of the guideline for completing systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures, COSMIN.

Results
The review included 31 studies that reported the psychometric properties of six measurement instruments (questionnaires, scales). Content validity, structural validity, internal consistency, reliability and cross-cultural validity were assessed for the included studies. The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ/CEQ2) and Birth Satisfaction Scale - Revised (BSS-R) were the most commonly used questionnaires in the studies.

Conclusions
Thorough testing of tools measuring women’s satisfaction with childbirth, and adapting them to cultural and social contexts, is still essential. It is crucial that valid and reliable questionnaires are available for midwives in practice, for use in research, to inform clinical practice and for the results to help develop the services offered.

Measuring Women’s Satisfaction with Childbirth: A Literature Review of Measurement Properties

University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Health Care Studies

University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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Merjenje Zadovoljstva Žensk s Porodom: Pregled Literature o Lastnostih Merjenja

Introduction
Patient satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality of care provided. Evaluating women’s satisfaction with childbirth is essential to...

Measuring Women’s Satisfaction with Childbirth: A Literature Review of Measurement Properties

Article Category: Systematic review

Published Online: Mar 20, 2024

Page range: 100 - 108

Received: Sep 15, 2023

Accepted: Jan 07, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2024-0014

Keywords
Women’s satisfaction with birth, Psychometric properties of assessment tools, Systematic reviews

© 2024 Kateřina Ratislavová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Measuring Women’s Satisfaction with Childbirth: A Literature Review of Measurement Properties

Article Category: Systematic review

Published Online: Mar 20, 2024

Page range: 100 - 108

Received: Sep 15, 2023

Accepted: Jan 07, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2024-0014

KeywordsWomen’s satisfaction with birth, Psychometric properties of assessment tools, Systematic reviews

© 2024 Kateřina Ratislavová et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Women’s satisfaction with birth, Psychometric properties of assessment tools, Systematic reviews