RT Journal Article
T1 Assessment of the attitude towards childbirth in health sciences students-development and validation of the questionnaire Cave-St
A1 Gonzalez-Mesa, Ernesto
A1 Rengel-Diaz, Cristobal
A1 Riklikiene, Olga
A1 Thomson, Gilliam
A1 Cazorla-Granados, Olga
A1 Abreu, Wilson
A1 Morgado-Neves, Dulce
A1 Gokce-Isbir, Gozde
A1 Jonsdottir, Sigriour Sia
A1 Karlsdottir, Sigfriour Inga
A1 Lalor, Joan
K1 CAVE-st
K1 Childbirth
K1 Perinatal education
K1 Questionnaire development
K1 Students'attitude
AB 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.
PB Springer
SN 1046-1310
YR 2021
FD 2021-06-05
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18660
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/18660
LA en
NO González-Mesa, E., Rengel-Díaz, C., Riklikiene, O., Thomson, G., Cazorla-Granados, O., Abreu, W., et al. (2021). Assessment of the attitude towards childbirth in health sciences students - development and validation of the questionnaire Cave-St. Current Psychology, 42(8), 6086-6095
DS RISalud
RD Apr 9, 2025