The Spanish version of the Childbirth Experience Questionnaire (CEQ-E): reliability and validity assessment

Table 2 Childbirth experience questionnaire (CEQ) item description^a

Item	Total sample per item (n = 226)	Floor %^b ‘Totally disagree’	Ceiling %^b ‘Totally agree’	M	SD
1. The labour progress went as I has expected	226	11.9	18.1	2.72	0.90
2. I felt strong	226	2.2	30.5	3.12	0.72
3. I felt scared^R	226	13.7	21.2	2.58	0.97
4. I felt capable	226	2.7	35.0	3.14	0.77
5. I felt tired^R	226	20.8	11.1	2.26	0.91
6. I felt happy	226	5.3	44.7	3.18	0.89
7. I have many positive memories from the labour process	226	3.5	44.2	3.24	0.81
8. I have many negative memories from the labour prices^R	226	7.1	37.6	3.07	0.91
9. Some of my memories from the labour process make me feel depressed^R	226	6.6	54.4	3.30	0.91
10. I felt I could choose whether I should be up and moving or lie down	225	10.7	51.6	3.19	1.01
11. I felt I could choose the delivery position	222	19.8	30.2	2.61	1.11
12. I felt I could choose which pain relief method to use	225	14.7	34.7	2.85	1.06
13. My midwife devoted enough time to me	226	1.3	70.8	3.66	0.58
14. My midwife also devoted enough time to my partner	226	2.2	59.7	3.49	0.71
15. My midwife kept me informed about what was happening during labour and birth	226	1.3	67.7	3.58	0.68
16. My midwife understood my needs	225	1.8	63.6	3.55	0.67
17. I felt very well taken care of by the midwife	226	1.8	74.8	3.69	0.60
18. My impression of the medical competence made me feel secure	226	0.4	68.6	3.66	0.53
19. I felt that I handled the situation well	225	0.4	29.8	3.14	0.67
20. Experienced level of labour pain, VAS^a ^R	226	27.9	20.8	2.31	1.09
21. Experienced level of control, VAS^a	226	25.2	19.0	2.42	1.06
22. Experienced level of sense of security; VAS^a	225	15.1	32.4	2.75	1.07

^Rratings of negatively worded statements are reversed
^aVAS-scales scores were recoded to categorical values, 0–40 = 1, 41–60 = 2, 61–80 = 3 and 81–100 = 4
^b% of the top (ceiling) or the bottom (floor) responses per item are shown

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