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Design and validation of the percOV-S questionnaire for measuring perceived obstetric violence in nursing, midwifery and medical students
Background: Obstetric violence could be defined as the dehumanized treatment or abuse of
health professionals towards the body or reproductive process of women. Some practices associated
with obstetric violence have been routinely standardized and do not include the woman in decision
making. This type of violence has consequences for the health of both the mother and the baby
and that of the professionals who practice or observed it. Methods: A questionnaire consisting of
33 items that measured perception through a Likert scale was developed. Some sociodemographic
variables were collected. The instrument was applied to a sample of nursing, medicine and
midwifery students to determine its psychometric properties. Results: The final sample consisted
of 153 students. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (p = 0.918) and Barlett tests (p ≤ 0.001) allowed for factor
analysis, which explained 54.47% of the variance in two factors called protocolized-visible obstetric
violence and non-protocolized-invisible obstetric violence. Conclusions: The PercOV-S (Perception of
Obstetric Violence in Students) instrument was validated. The distribution and content of the two
factors are closely related to obstetric violence against women. The existence of statistically significant
relationships between the sociodemographic variables collected and the global measurements,
domains and items of the PercOV-S scale highlight the normalization of obstetric violence as a central
factor for future studies
Perception of obstetric violence in a sample of Spanish health sciences students: A cross-sectional study
Background:
Obstetric violence is a problem that has grown worldwide, and a particularly worrying one in Spain. Such violence has repercussions for women, and for the professionals who cause them. Preventing this problem seems fundamental.
Objective:
This study evaluated how health sciences students perceived obstetric violence.
Design:
A cross-sectional study conducted between October 2019 and November 2020.
Participants:
A sample of Spanish health sciences students studying degrees of nursing, medicine, midwifery, and psychology.
Methods:
A validated questionnaire was used: Perception of Obstetric Violence in Students (PercOV-S). Socio-demographic and control variables were included. A descriptive and comparative multivariate analysis was performed with the obtained data.
Results:
540 questionnaires were completed with an overall mean score of 3.83 points (SD ± 0.63), with 2.83 points (SD ± 0.91) on the protocolised-visible dimension and 4.15 points (SD ± 0.67) on the non-protocolised-invisible obstetric violence dimension. Statistically significant differences were obtained for degree studied (p < 0.001), gender (p < 0.001), experience (p < 0.001), ethnic group (p < 0.001), the obstetric violence concept (p < 0.001) and academic year (p < 0.005). There were three significant multivariate models for the questionnaire's overall score and dimensions.
Conclusions:
Health sciences students perceived obstetric violence mainly as non-protocolised aspects while attending women. Degree studied and academic year might be related to perceived obstetric violence