Table 3 Characteristics of the three-dimension principal component analysis (factorial loading of selected items and Cronbach’s alpha values on each dimension)
Factorial loading of items selected on each dimension | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
List of significant items | Dimension 1 | Dimension 2 | Dimension 3 | |
(21.03%) | (19.28%) | (12.49%) | ||
Cronbach’s α = 0.81 | Cronbach’s α = 0.78 | Cronbach’s α = 0.66 | ||
Care provider-patient interaction | The midwife or nurse showed up nicely for me. | 0.701 | ||
She/he was available to me. | 0.683 | |||
She/he answered all my questions. | 0.684 | |||
She/he explained the labour process and/or childbirth. | 0.699 | |||
She/he was attentive to me and my requests. | 0.611 | |||
She/he stayed with me during labour and/or childbirth. | 0.586 | |||
She/he showed significant human qualities. | 0.658 | |||
Quality of nursing care services | I felt confident and safe with her or him. | 0.630 | ||
The midwife or nurse was attentive to my baby. | 0.653 | |||
She/he reassured me about my concerns. | 0.661 | |||
She/he was concerned about my pain. | 0.641 | |||
The midwife or nurse made sure that my baby and I were doing well. | 0.772 | |||
Quality of care was better than anticipated. | 0.589 | |||
Environment to quality of birth to delivery environment | I was comfortably installed. | 0.682 | ||
The delivery room was clean and hygiene was satisfactory. | 0.770 | |||
The temperature in the delivery room was satisfactory. | 0.748 | |||