Assessment of the attitude towards childbirth in health sciences students - development and validation of the questionnaire Cave-St

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ID21622818
AutoresErnesto González‐Mesa (0000-0002-7106-092X, Hospital Regional Universitario de Málaga, autor de correspondencia), Cristóbal Rengel-Díaz (0000-0001-7221-4428, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria), Olga Riklikiene (0000-0001-5143-4288, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences), Gill Thomson (0000-0003-3392-8182, Dalarna University), Olga Cazorla‐Granados (0000-0001-6980-6385, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), Wilson Abreu (0000-0002-0847-824X, Universidade do Porto), Dulce Morgado Neves (0000-0002-6504-0738, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Gözde Gökçe İşbir (0000-0003-0101-0641, Mersin Üniversitesi), Sigríður Sia Jonsdottir (0000-0002-5152-3173, University of Akureyri), Sigfríður Inga Karlsdóttir (0000-0001-5886-9196, University of Akureyri), Joan Lalor (0000-0003-0468-4457, Trinity College Dublin)
Año2023
Volumen42
Número8
Páginas6086-6095
Fecha de publicación2023-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrent Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1046-1310 • E-ISSN: 1936-4733
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12144-021-01892-4
OpenAlexW3167074899
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas55

The purpose of this study is to report on the validation process of a questionnaire that explores health science students’ attitudes towards women’s childbirth experiences. This questionnaire can help inform education programs to enhance the quality of woman-professional interactions, and to improve women’s experiences of childbirth. A standardized procedure for the development and validation of the questionnaire included: item development and psychometric pre-validation, Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient calculation, test–retest and item-total correlation for the reliability analysis. Content validity was undertaken by Delphi method with sixteen panelists over two rounds. We determined the factor structure and refined and validated the questionnaire according to the responses of a cohort of 560 students using principal components factor analysis with varimax rotation. Confirmatory factor analysis was undertaken. A 52-items questionnaire CAVE-st: (acronym for cuestionario de actitudes sobre vivencias y experiencias en el parto ) was developed and validated. The results of the factor analysis finally revealed four latent dimensions. The questionnaire CAVE-st is a valid and reliable tool to assess health science students’ attitude towards women’s childbirth experiences. Further work to translate and adapt the instrument in other cultures and languages will be undertaken

Childbirth · Confirmatory factor analysis · Cronbach's alpha · Delphi method · Medical education · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Varimax rotation · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Delphi Technique in Research · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Medicine · Psychology