Measuring women's experiences of maternity care: A systematic review of self-report survey instruments

Recognition of the measurement of women's experiences of their maternity care as a critical component of care quality evaluation has led to a proliferation of instruments to measure this concept. However, the suboptimal methodological and psychometric quality of these instruments, or the lack of reporting of same, hinders the credibility and efficient use of the arising results, which often serve as an indicator for the direction of limited resources within maternity services.

Source: Women and Birth - June 6, 2020 Category: Midwifery Authors: Claire Beecher, Richard Greene, Laura O ’Dwyer, Ethel Ryan, Mark White, Michelle Beattie, Declan Devane Tags: Review article Source Type: research