Birth Satisfaction Scale - Revised

Title of the Portuguese Version

Escala de Satisfação com o Parto - Revista

Original Version

Caroline J. Hollins Martin and Colin R. Martin (2014)

Portuguese Version

Helena Moreira (2023)

General Description

The BSS-R is a 10-item scale designed to measure birth satisfaction. The BSS-R has three subscales: (1) Stress Experienced during Labour (e.g. “I found giving birth a distressing experience”); (2) Quality of Care Provision (e.g. “The staff communicated well with me during labour”); and (3) Women’s Personal Attributes (e.g. “I felt very anxious during my labour and birth”). Items are answered on a 5-point Likert scale that ranges from 0 (strongly disagree) to 4 (strongly agree). After reverse coding negative items, the total score and the subscale score can be computed by summing all the responses or the responses to each of the three subscales so that higher scores indicate higher levels of birth satisfaction.

References
  • Moreira, H., Hollins Martin, J., & Martin, C. R. (2023). Evaluating women’s experiences of childbirth: The factor structure and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale – Revised in Portuguese postpartum women. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2023.2176473

  • Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2014). Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Midwifery, 30(6), 610–619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw. 2013.10.006

Contacts

Helena Moreira: hmoreira@fpce.uc.pt