Psychometric validation of a patient-reported experience measure of obstetric racism© (The PREM-OB Scale™ suite).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal quality improvement lacks valid tools to measure adverse hospital experiences disproportionately impacting Black mothers and birthing people. Measuring and mitigating harm requires using a framework that centers the lived experiences of Black birthing people in evaluating inequitable care, namely, obstetric racism. We sought to develop a valid patient-reported experience measure (PREM) of Obstetric Racism^© in hospital-based intrapartum care designed for, by, and with Black women as patient, community, and content experts.

Methods

PROMIS© instrument development standards adapted with cultural rigor methodology. Phase 1 included item pool generation, modified Delphi method, and cognitive interviews. Phase 2 evaluated the item pool using factor a

SUBMITTER: White VanGompel E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature