Applicability of the ReproQ client experiences questionnaire for quality improvement in maternity care.

ABSTRACT: Background. The ReproQuestionnaire (ReproQ) measures the client's experience with maternity care, following the WHO responsiveness model. In 2015, the ReproQ was appointed as national client experience questionnaire and will be added to the national list of indicators in maternity care. For using the ReproQ in quality improvement, the questionnaire should be able to identify best and worst practices. To achieve this, ReproQ should be reliable and able to identify relevant differences. Methods and Findings. We sent questionnaires to 17,867 women six weeks after labor (response 32%). Additionally, we invited 915 women for the retest (response 29%). Next we determined the test-retest reliability, the Minimally Important Difference (MID) and six known group comparisons, using two scorings meth

SUBMITTER: Scheerhagen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4950561 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature