Language specific BSS-R’s

Since the ICHOM started recommending the BSS-R as the measure of choice for evaluating quality of intranatal care worldwide, there have been numerous requests for its use. Since 2015, the 10-item-BSS-R has been translated and validated for use in the United States (US-BSS-R), Greece (Greek-BSS-R), Australia (Australian-BSS-R), Turkey (Turkish-BSS-R), Spain (Spanish-BSS-R), Israel (Hebrew)-BSS-R), Italy (Italian-BSS-R), Slovak (Slovak-BSS-R), Iran (Persian-BSS-R), Croatia (Croatian-BSS-R), Pakistan (Pakistani (Urdu)-BSS-R): Brazil (Brazilian (Portuguese)-BSS-R): Netherlands (Dutch-BSS-R), Czech Republic-BSS-R, African (Igbo)-BSS-R, India (Indian (Hindu)-BSS-R), Portuguese-BSS-R, with many more still in production (need to be able to add as this progresses).

If you would like to use the BSS-R, please email us for permission to use and we will send you a copy.

If you would like to use any of these language and population specific versions of the BSS-R, please contact us.

Load UK-BSS-R
* Validation paper:
Reference
Hollins-Martin, C.J., Martin, C. (2014). Development and psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Midwifery. 30: 610-619.

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2013.10.006

• US version (Subsection of BOX 3)
* Load US-BSS-R
* Validation paper:

Reference
Barbosa-Leiker, C., Fleming, S., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C.R. (2015) Psychometric properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) for US mothers. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 33(5):504-511.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02646838.2015.1024211?scroll=top&needAccess=true&journalCode=cjri20

PLUS

Reference
Burduli, E., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Fleming, S., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C.R. (2017). Cross-cultural invariance of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R): comparing UK and US samples. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 35(3): 248-260.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2017.1310374

PLUS
Reference
Fleming, S., Donovan-Batson, C., Barbosa-Leiker, C., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C. R. (2016). Birth Satisfaction Scale/Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS/BSS-R): A large scale United States Planned Home Birth and Birth Center Survey. Midwifery. 41: 9-15.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27494569

• Load Australian-BSS-R
• Validation paper:

Reference
Jefford, E., Hollins Martin, C.J. and Martin, C.R. (2017). Development and validation of the Australian version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 36(1): 42–58.

Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2017.1396302

• Load Spanish-BSS-R
• Validation paper:

Reference
Romero-Gonzalez, B., Peralta-Ramirez, M.I., Caparros-Gonzalez, R.A., Cambil-Ledesma, A,. Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C.R. (2019). Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Midwifery. 70: 31-37.

Link: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

• Load Italian-BSS-R
• No validation paper yet
• Translation paper

Reference
Nespoli, A., Colciago, E., Pedroni, S., Perego, S., Fumagalli, S. (2018). The Birth Satisfaction Scale (BSS-R): process of translation and adaptation in an Italian contest. Ann Ist Super Sanità. 54(4): 340-347.

Link: old.iss.it/binary/publ/cont/ANN_18_04_11.pdf

• Load Persian-BSS-R
• Validation Paper

Reference
Mortazavi, F., Mehrabadi, M., Hollins Martin, C.J., Martin, C.R. (2020) Psychometric Properties of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) in a Sample of Postpartum Iranian Women. Health Care for Women International.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2020.1802464