Maternal Perceptions of Quality of Antenatal Care Services in Sri Lanka: Development and Validation of a Multi-dimensional Instrument
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 10
Abstract
Maternal perception of antenatal care quality is an important attribute in understanding the relationship between quality and utilization of antenatal care services. However, measuring this in a developing country like Sri Lanka is a significant challenge due to non-availability of valid and reliable instruments. The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure maternal perceptions of quality of antenatal care services in Sri Lanka. The main outcome measure was the factor structure and internal consistency of the instrument. We used multiple qualitative methods to generate culturally suitable items for the instrument. It was validated using an exploratory factor analysis methodology among 170 antenatal mothers in 2 Medical Officer of Health areas. Reliability was estimated by measuring internal consistency and test retest method. The four factor model proposed by this paper was able to explain 73% of the total variance of the scale. The Cronbach‟s alpha value for the total scale was 0.965. Thus, the newly developed 26-item instrument demonstrated satisfactory level of validity and reliability, and it provides useful information that can be utilized by health care providers to identify the areas in antenatal care services that require improvement from a client‟s perspective.
Authors and Affiliations
Supun D Wijesinghe, Dulitha N Fernando
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP30780
- DOI -
- Views 290
- Downloads 0
An Indian Agriculture in Search of Second Green Revolution for Substainable Livelhood of Small Farmer
India hosts over 20 percent of world’s poor. In rural India most of the families are dependent on agriculture for their livelihood. Unfortunately, the natural resources such as land, livestock and water which are requi...
Study on Relationship between Stress and Adjustment among Adolescents
In present study an attempt has been made to understand the relationship between the level of stress and adjustment among adolescents. A total number of 600 adolescents (300 boys and 300 girls) in the age group of 15 –...
Coalition Politics and Federalism in India
Coalition Politics is an essential feature of a multiparty government where several political parties join hands to run the government. It is a fact that today Coalition Politics has become a reality of the Indian Polit...
Does the variation in human development have an impact on countries economic growth? A study on relationship between inflow of FDI and Human development
There is great disparities in human capital- health, education, and skills around the world . Compared with developed countries, much of the developing world has lagged in its average levels of nutrition, health (as mea...
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 in India: An Analysis
Women in India are being exploited since long. Crimes against women in India are rampant despite of a number of legislations passed to combat the same. Sexual harassment of women at workplace is one of the crimes again...