From: Creating an Optimality Index – Netherlands: a validation study
Cross-cultural and face validation January – June 2016 | |
• Back and forth translation by linguistic experts and midwifery professionals • Synthesis into Dutch language document • Input from an expert panel – does the instrument appear to capture the relevant, evidence-based items that support physiological childbirth in the Netherlands • Pilot test | |
Assessment of discriminant validity and inter-rater reliability September 2016 – March 2017 | |
• Collect data in primary midwifery practices using the OI-NL instrument • OI-NL forms returned from primary care midwives (n = 266) • Assessment of discriminant validity - Differences in OI-NL percentage score between primiparous and multiparous women - Differences in OI-NL percentage score between midwife-led care births and births referred to obstetric care • Inter-rater reliability |