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Measuring women's experiences of childbirth using the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R)
  Birth satisfaction relates to women's perceptions of their childbirth experience, with importance placed on the midwife to improve standards of the intranatal care provided. With evaluating intranatal care in mind, this paper aims to educate midwives about one particular method of measuring women's experiences of labour, which involves using the valid and reliable Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). The BSS-R is a 10-item self-report valid and reliable measure, which is recommended by the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) as the ‘method of choice’ for evaluating women's ‘birth experience’. Since the ICHOM began recommending the BSS-R as part of its pregnancy and childbirth standard set, the scale (at time of print) has been used in 39 countries and 134 sites around the world.

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    02 May 2020

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Mark Allen Group

  • Cross Ref:

    10.12968/bjom.2020.28.5.306

  • ISSN:

    0969-4900

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Hollins Martin, C. J., Jimenez Martinez, L., & Martin, C. R. (2020). Measuring women's experiences of childbirth using the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). British Journal of Midwifery, 28(5), 306-312

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Keywords

Childbirth, Birth experience, Birth satisfaction, Midwives, Validation

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