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

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

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 63 (2024): Issue 2 (June 2024)
By: Kateřina Ratislavová,  Jana Horová and  Patrice Marek  
Open Access
|Mar 2024
Figures & tables

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

PRISMA flow diagram.

Dimensions of measurement instruments of women’s satisfaction with childbirth_

DimensionsBSS-RCEQCEQ2WOMBLSQQACEIWCBEQ
Professional support and care✓✓✓✓✓✓
Partner support ✓ ✓
Self-assessment ✓✓ ✓
Personal attributes✓
Baby, bonding ✓ ✓
Preparation, ✓ ✓
expectations ✓
Pain ✓✓ ✓
Feeling safe✓ ✓
Fear, anxiety, distress ✓
Positive feelings, emotional well-being ✓✓✓✓✓
Sense of control, participation ✓
Environment ✓
Overall satisfaction with the childbirth

Characteristics of included instruments_

Instrument/abbreviation/originAuthorsCountryNumber of respondentsNumber of domains/items
Iranian women childbirth experience questionnaire IWCBEQ originalHosseini Tabaghdehi et al., 2020 (7)Iran781

  • 7 domains

  • 52 items

  • Women’s Views of Birth Labor Satisfaction

  • Questionnaire

  • Original WOMBLSQ,

  • Smith, 2001 (8)

Pozo-Cano et al., 2020 (9)Spain385

  • 9 domains

  • 32 items

  • Questionnaire for Assessing Childbirth Experience

  • Original QACE,

  • Carquillat et al., 2017 (10)

Rodríguez Coll et al., 2021 (11)Spain268

  • 4 domains

  • 23 items

  • Childbirth Experience Questionnaire

  • Original CEQ,

  • Dencker, 2010 (12)

Abbaspoor et al., 2019 (13)Iran203

  • 4 domains

  • 21 items

Mamuk et al., 2019 (14)Turkey250

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

Kazemi et al., 2020 (15)Iran250

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

Patabendige et al., 2020 (16)Sri Lanka309

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

da Silva Vieira et al., 2020 (17)Brazil308

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

Boie et al., 2020 (18)Denmark377

  • 3 domains

  • 22 items

Parchaa et al., 2021 (19)Mongolia761

  • 4 domains

  • 20 items

Kalok et al., 2022 (20)Malaysia246

  • 4 domains

  • 21 items

Marques et al., 2022 (21)Portugal161

  • 4 domains

  • 20 items

Zhu et al., 2019 (22)China1747

  • 4 domains

  • 19 items

  • Childbirth Experience Questionnaire 2

  • Original CEQ2,

  • Dencker et al., 2020 (23)

Dencker et al., 2020 (23)Sweden682

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

Ghanbari-Homayi et al., 2019 (24)Iran500

  • 4 domains

  • 23 items

Walker et al., 2019 (25)United Kingdom263

  • 4 domains

  • 22 items

  • Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised

  • Original BSS-R,

  • Hollins Martin and Martin, 2014 (26)

Jefford et al., 2018 (27)Australia198

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Škodová et al., 2019 (28)Slovak Republic506

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Romero-Gonzalez et al., 2019 (29)Spain202

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Skvirsky et al., 2020 (30)Israel288

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Martin et al., 2020 (31)Australia445

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Nasiri et al., 2021 (32)Iran212

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Nespoli et al., 2021 (33)Italy297

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Omani-Samani et al., 2021 (34)Iran396

  • 2 domains

  • 6 items

Mortazavi et al., 2021 (35)Iran784

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Zafar et al., 2021 (36)Pakistan200

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Emmens et al., 2021 (37)Netherlands244

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Radoš et al., 2022 (38)Croatia552

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Anikwe et al., 2022 (39)Nigeria500

  • 3 domains

  • 9 items

Özdemir Gökmen et al., 2022 (40)Turkey219

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Ratislavová et al., 2022 (41)Czech Republic461

  • 3 domains

  • 10 items

Evaluation of psychometric properties of measuring instruments_

PROMStudyStructural validityInternal consistencyCross-cultural validityReliability
TotalSubscale
IWCBEQ(7)?*+−??
WOMBLSQ4(9)??−+?
QACE(11)++−++
CEQ(13)?+−++
(14)−+−+?
(15)++−++
(16)?*+−++
(17)?+−?+
(18)?*++++
(19)−+−+?
(20)−+−+?
(21)?+−+−
CEQ 2(22)++?+?
(23)++++?
(24)−+−++
(25)??−+−
BSS-R(27)−+−+?
(28)++−+?
(29)−+−+?
(30)−+++?
(31)++++?
(32)+++?+
(33)+−−+?
(34)?*−−+?
(35)−+−+?
(36)−−−+?
(37)−+++?
(38)++++?
(39)?*+???
(40)−++??
(41)++++?
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2024-0014 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
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Language: English
Page range: 100 - 108
Submitted on: Sep 15, 2023
Accepted on: Jan 7, 2024
Published on: Mar 20, 2024
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Women’s satisfaction with birth,
Psychometric properties of assessment tools,
Systematic reviews
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2024 Kateřina Ratislavová, Jana Horová, Patrice Marek, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
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