J Korean Acad Nurs.  2018 Feb;48(1):38-49. 10.4040/jkan.2018.48.1.38.

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

• Jeong GH
• Kim HK
• Kim YH
• Kim SH
• Lee SH
• Kim KW

• KMID: 2405468
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2018.48.1.38

Abstract

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.

Keyword

Mothers; Quality of health care; Reproducibility of results; Statistical factor analysis; Surveys and questionnaire

MeSH Terms

Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Korea
Mothers
Nursing Care
Parturition*
Power (Psychology)
Quality of Health Care
Reproducibility of Results

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  Figure 1. Steps of instrument development.

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