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The Birth Satisfaction Scale – Revised (BSS-R): should the subscale scores or the total score be used?
  Objective and background: The 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) is increasingly being used internationally as the instrument of choice for the assessment of birth satisfaction. There remains conjecture over the most appropriate way to score the instrument, the choices being, sub-scale score totals, the overall total score, or adopting both approaches. The current study sought to clarify this issue by examining the measurement characteristics of the United States version of the BSS-R from a large dataset.
Methods: A secondary analysis of a data matrix derived from a large sample United States BSS-R validation study (N=2116) using structural equation modelling and bi-factor model evaluation.
Results: The bi-factor model revealed an excellent fit to data (2(df=25) = 208.21, p

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 July 2018

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • Publisher

    Informa UK Limited

  • DOI:

    10.1080/02646838.2018.1490498

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1080/02646838.2018.1490498

  • ISSN:

    0264-6838

  • Library of Congress:

    RG Gynecology and obstetrics

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    618 Gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics & geriatrics

  • Funders:

    Edinburgh Napier Funded

Citation

Martin, C. R., Hollins Martin, C. J., Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Donovan-Batson, C., & Fleming, S. E. (2018). The Birth Satisfaction Scale – Revised (BSS-R): should the subscale scores or the total score be used?. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 36(5), 530-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2018.1490498

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Keywords

Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R), scoring, validation, maternity care, outcomes, midwives, obstetricians,

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