1 | Professional support (alpha = 0.91, mean scale score = 72.3, SD = 20.1, % variance = 27.0) | |
Q7 | All my labour carers were very supportive | 0.830 |
Q13 | Carers always listened very, very carefully to everything that I had to say | 0.734 |
Q19 | During labour there was always a carer to explain things so that I could understand | 0.696 |
Q27 | All my carers treated me in the most friendly and courteous manner possible | 0.838 |
Q32 | My carers couldn't have been more helpful | 0.797 |
2 | Expectations (alpha = 0.90, mean scale score = 59.0, SD = 27.7, % variance = 7.9) | |
Q1 | My labour went totally normally | 0.842 |
Q11 | The labour went nearly exactly as I had hoped that it would | 0.868 |
Q17 | The delivery went almost completely as I had hoped that it would | 0.866 |
Q22 | My labour was just about the right length | 0.749 |
3 | Home assessment (alpha = 0.90, mean scale score = 54.3, SD = 23.5, % variance = 7.7) | |
Q8 | I should have had a home assessment in early labour (−) | 0.838 |
Q15 | When I thought that my labour had started, I would have liked a carer to come and see me at home to confirm that I had (−) | 0.918 |
Q28 | Early home assessment of me in labour would have been very helpful (−) | 0.922 |
4 | Holding baby (alpha = 0.87, mean scale score = 74.2, SD = 20.5, % variance = 7.3) | |
Q3 | I got to see my baby at exactly the right time after she/he was born | 0.811 |
Q10 | After my baby was born, I was not given him/her quite as soon as I wanted (−) | 0.872 |
Q18 | I needed to hold my baby a little earlier than I did (−) | 0.864 |
5 | Support from husband (alpha = 0.83, mean scale score = 72.7, SD = 21.2, % variance = 5.8) | |
Q2 | My birth partner/husband helped me to understand what was going on when I was in labour | 0.778 |
Q23 | My birth partner/husband couldn't have supported me any better | 0.891 |
Q29 | I could have had a bit more help from my birth partner/husband (−) | 0.889 |
6 | Pain in labour (alpha = 0.83, mean scale score = 64.0, SD = 21.8, % variance = 5.5) | |
Q9 | I should have been offered something more to relieve my labour pains (−) | 0.762 |
Q20 | I got excellent pain relief in labour | 0.753 |
Q26 | More pain relief would have made my labour easier (−) | 0.826 |
7 | Pain after delivery (alpha = 0.65, mean scale score = 57.6, SD = 21.0, % variance = 4.8) | |
Q6 | I should have been offered something more to relieve the pains I had after my baby was born (−) | 0.632 |
Q16 | I was in a fair bit of pain immediately after the birth (−) | 0.791 |
Q31 | I didn't need a lot of pain relief after the birth | 0.779 |
8 | Continuity (alpha = 0.82, mean scale score = 38.8, SD = 28.2, % variance = 4.4) | |
Q5 | At the start of my labour I knew my carers very well | 0.892 |
Q24 | I knew the carer(s) present at the birth of my baby | 0.885 |
9 | Environment (alpha = 0.80, mean scale score = 61.6, SD = 23.7, % variance = 3.7) | |
Q4 | My birth room was a little impersonal and clinical (−) | 0.888 |
Q14 | The area where I gave birth was very pleasant and relaxing | 0.748 |
10 | Control (alpha = 0.62, mean scale score = 53.0, SD = 22.2, % variance = 3.3) | |
Q21 | Everyone seemed to tell me what to do in labour (−) | 0.819 |
Q30 | Labour was just a matter of doing what I was told by my carers (−) | 0.842 |
| General satisfaction (alpha = 0.75, mean scale score = 53.1, SD = 12.5) | |
Q12 | The way my labour care was provided could not have been improved | N/A |
Q25 | I am satisfied with just one or two things about the labour care that I received (−) | N/A |