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Table 6 Steps in the validation process

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

 
  1. This table contains an overview of steps taken in the validation process and the time frame in which this process occurred