Validating the content of the Keeping Birth Normal Tool
Research type
Research Study
Full title
To what extent are the items in the Keeping Birth Normal tool relevant to domains representative of evidence informed skills to reduce unnecessary interventions and keep birth normal?
IRAS ID
168467
Contact name
Florence Darling
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 6 days
Research summary
Unnecessary interventions in labour impact on long term physical and emotional health of women. The Birthplace study that evaluated policy initiatives of choice of birth environments to reduce interventions in labour, raised important questions about the implementation of evidence in all environments for birth. The need to systematically measure skills that reduce interventions was proposed. Valid and reliable tools to measure such skills are lacking.
This study assess the content validity of the Keeping Birth Normal tool developed to observe and support the development of skills in keeping birth normal where it is lacking. The content is assessed using 20 experts and includes clinical, academics and women user representatives. A 4- point scale of relevance is used to assess the items under domains that describe care based on evidence that reduce interventions.
A Content Validity Index (CVI) will be calculated.The content validity index represents the degree to which the tool has an appropriate sample of items for domains being measured. Content will be refined using the scale, data on omissions, clarity and comprehension. Experts will review the tool before it is judged content valid
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0439
Date of REC Opinion
20 May 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion