Assessment of the person-centered maternity care scale: a global systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Person-centered maternity care (PCMC) refers to respectful, responsive, and compassionate childbirth care. The PCMC scale enables quantitative measurement of PCMC. Despite the widespread use of the PCMC scale, no global synthesis exists. We, therefore, conducted a global systematic review of studies using the PCMC scale to quantitatively assess women's childbirth experiences, evaluate the scale's psychometric properties, and identify predictors of PCMC.

Methods

We searched PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase from inception to September 3, 2024. Included studies used the PCMC scale by Afulani et al. to examine the facility-based childbirth experiences of women in any setting, with no time or language restrictions. Three reviewers independently assessed titles, abstr

SUBMITTER: Odiase OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11976240 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature