The Spanish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E): reliability and validity assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) was originally designed to study women's perceptions of labour and birth. The main objective of our study was to adapt the CEQ to the Spanish context and determine its psychometric properties. This would provide an opportunity to evaluate women's experiences in order to improve evidence in the Spanish context as recommended by national guidelines.

Methods

The CEQ was translated into Spanish using a standard forward and back translation method (CEQ-E). A convenience sample of 364 women was recruited from 3 Spanish hospitals; all participants were able to read and write in Spanish. Mothers with high risk pregnancies or preterm deliveries were excluded from the study. A self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic

SUBMITTER: Soriano-Vidal FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5123212 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature