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Validity and reliability of the Iranian preterm birth experiences and satisfaction scale: A methodological and cross-sectional study

Najjarzadeh, M., Mohammad-Alizadeh-Charandabi, S., Abbas-Alizadeh, S. , Asghari Jafarabadi, M., Mirghafourvand, M., Tagipour-Amidi, N., Sawyer, A. & Ayers, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-6153-2460 (2021). Validity and reliability of the Iranian preterm birth experiences and satisfaction scale: A methodological and cross-sectional study. Health Promot Perspect, 11(1), pp. 97-108. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2021.13

Abstract

Background: Women's experience and satisfaction with childbirth care are increasingly being addressed by health care providers, managers, and policymakers. Due to need for a validated special scale for assessing satisfaction of women with preterm birth, we aimed to translate and adapt the first specific tool, Preterm Birth Experiences and Satisfaction Scale (P-BESS), into Persian language and evaluate its psychometric properties.

Methods: A methodological and cross-sectional study was conducted in two tertiary levels of maternal hospitals in Tabriz. The Iranian version of the scale was developed from the original English version using forward-backward translation. After confirmation of its face and content validity, the scale was completed by 201 women who had given birth prematurely.

Results: Exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors (staff professionalism and empathy, confidence in Staff, information and explanations) with eigenvalues greater than 1, explaining a total variance of 55.4%. Confirmatory factory analysis showed that the 17-item, three factor model fitted the data well: the root mean square error of approximation 0.060. There were moderate correlations between the total and sub-scales of Iranian P-BESS and overall satisfaction (r = 0.45 to 0.66), as well as need for improvement (r = -0.46 to -0.61), which confirm convergent validity. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the scale and its sub-scales were satisfactory (α = 0.852 to 0.922, intraclass correlation coefficient; 0.83 to 0.92).

Conclusion: The Iranian version of P-BESS is a valid and reliable scale which can be used by policy makers, managers, health care providers and researchers.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher Keywords: Iran; Patient satisfaction; Premature birth; Psychometrics; Validation study
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Departments: School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Midwifery & Radiography
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