Psychometric Evaluation of the Malay Version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-My)

Aida Kalok, Norhani Nordin, Shalisah Sharip, Rahana Abdul Rahman, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy and Ixora Kamisan Atan
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Aida Kalok: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Norhani Nordin: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Shalisah Sharip: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Rahana Abdul Rahman: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Shamsul Azhar Shah: Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Zaleha Abdullah Mahdy: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia
Ixora Kamisan Atan: Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, National University of Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 13, 1-15

Abstract: Negative childbirth experience may cause adverse psychological effects in postpartum mothers. The Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) is a multidimensional tool designed to assess women’s perceptions of labour and birth. We aim to validate the Malay version of the CEQ (CEQ-My) and evaluate its psychometric properties. The previously published Malay-translated CEQ was reviewed by a panel of experts and underwent minor changes. The original visual analogue scoring (VAS) was changed to a numerical scale. The reliability and construct validity of CEQ-My was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha and exploratory analysis, respectively. Known-groups validation was conducted using the Mann–Whitney U test, whilst the inter-item correlations between CEQ-My and its subdomains were evaluated through Spearman’s correlation. The final analysis involved 246 women. The questionnaire was easy to understand and all women preferred numeric scoring to the VAS. Based on the principal component factor analysis, we deleted one item and rearranged the domain for four items. The twenty-one items CEQ-My demonstrated good reliability with Cronbach’s alpha of 0.77. Women who had spontaneous vaginal delivery demonstrated significantly greater CEQ-My scores than those who underwent operative delivery ( p = 0.002). The domain of professional support was positively correlated to that of own capacity and participation ( p -value of < 0.001 and 0.002, respectively). The CEQ-My is a valid and reliable instrument to assess Malaysian women’s childbirth experiences. The easy-to-use electronic version of CEQ-My will improve future research and ease data collection.

Keywords: birth satisfaction; Childbirth Experience Questionnaire; childbirth; labour; postpartum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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