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Development, validation and reliability testing of 'Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS)'
Felicity Agwu Kalu1, Philip Larkin2, Barbara Coughlan3
1TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
Summary
A new Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS) was developed to measure healthcare professionals
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Psychology
Background:
- Confidence in providing perinatal bereavement care is crucial for nurses and midwives, impacting care quality for grieving parents.
- There's a recognized gap in validated questionnaires assessing healthcare professionals' confidence and related psychosocial factors in perinatal loss care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate the Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS).
Main Methods:
- The PBCCS was developed through a four-phase process including literature review, expert panel validation, pilot testing, and factor analysis.
- The study involved 277 midwives and nurses in Ireland, with ethical approval from four maternity hospitals.
- Psychometric properties, including face, content, construct validity, and internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha), were assessed.
Main Results:
- The final PBCCS comprises 43 items across four domains: knowledge (15 items), skills (9 items), self-awareness (8 items), and organizational support (11 items).
- Internal consistency reliability ranged from 0.753 to 0.871, indicating good reliability for most subscales.
Conclusions:
- The Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS) is a psychometrically sound, valid, and reliable instrument.
- The PBCCS can effectively measure the confidence of midwives and nurses in providing bereavement care and identify influencing psychosocial factors.