The Birth Satisfaction Scale – Revised (BSS-R): should the subscale scores or the total score be used?

Objective and background: The 10-item Birth Satisfaction Scale – Revised (BSS-R) is increasingly being used internationally as the instrument of choice for the assessment of birth satisfaction. There remains conjecture over the most appropriate way to score the instrument; subscale scores overall total score, or both approaches. The current study sought to clarify this issue by examining the measurement characteristics of the United States...