title: Development and psychometric testing of the scales for measuring maternal satisfaction in normal and caesarean birth.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to develop a scale to measure maternal satisfaction with birth to evaluate women's experiences in labour and the early postpartum period.
  
  
  METHODS
  development and psychometric assessment of a multidimensional maternal satisfaction questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  maternity unit of a university hospital in Istanbul.
  
  
  METHODS
  500 healthy postpartum women.
  
  
  METHODS
  five steps were taken in development of the scale: literature review, generating item pool, content validity testing, administration of draft scale and psychometric testing. Two versions of the scale were developed: the Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction-normal birth and the Scale for Measuring Maternal Satisfaction-caesarean birth. Content validity was evaluated by experts. The appropriate draft scale and the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale were administered to postpartum women before hospital discharge.
  
  
  RESULTS
  content validity index scores for the vaginal and caesarean birth scales were 0.91 and 0.89, respectively. Item-total and subscale-total scores correlated significantly for each scale. Evaluation of construct validity through factor analysis yielded 10 subscales: 'perception of health professionals', 'nursing/midwifery care in labour (in caesarean version: preparation for caesarean)', 'comforting', 'information and involvement in decision making', 'meeting baby', 'postpartum care', 'hospital room', 'hospital facilities', 'respect for privacy' and 'meeting expectations'. Both scales had good internal reliability, with Cronbach's α coefficients of 0.91. The scales established their convergent validity with significant correlations with the Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the scales are valid and reliable tools for evaluating Turkish women's experiences in labour and the early postpartum period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the scales can contribute to the assessment of women's satisfaction with different aspects of care, the quality of care and developments in maternity services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetric and Gynaecologic Nursing, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing, Istanbul University, Abide-i Hurriyet cad. 34381, Sisli, Istanbul, Turkey. ilkay1979@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ilkay
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gungor
authors.forename: Nezihe Kizilkaya
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Beji
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods; D036801:Parturition; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011594:Psychometrics; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult