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. 2019 Apr;7(2):128–137. doi: 10.30476/IJCBNM.2019.44884

Table 1.

Calculation of Content Validity Ratio (CVR) and S-CVI for items of Perception of Labor Pain Questionnaire (PLPQ) after expert judgment

Items S-CVI CVR
1. I was ready to experience the pain of normal delivery 1 0.72
2. God has given me the power to do normal delivery 0.79 0.86
3. I had enough information about normal delivery and problems 0.8 0.72
4. I accepted pain as a natural part of normal delivery 1 1
5. To maintain my health and my baby, I tended to experience normal delivery 0.8 1
6. Labor pain becomes more intense 0.86 0.57
7. I felt dying with the pain of labor 0.86 0.57
8.I screamed during labor pain 1 0.57
9. I cried during labor pain 0.86 0.72
10. During labor pain, I wanted to grab everything 0.8 0.57
11. I was asking for help from my caregivers during pain 0.79 0.72
12. I like caesarean section because of sever of pain 0.79 0.57
13. The severity of my labor pain was less than I had heard 1 0.72
14. The labor pain was painful but sweet 0.86 0.57
15. With the onset of my childbirth symptoms, my stress was increased 1 0.57
16. I was worried that I could not tolerate the pain of normal delivery 0.93 0.72
17. I was worried that I would do wrong behavior during pain 0.79 0.57
18. I was sad more during the pain of my words and behaviors of my caregivers. 1 0.57
19. I was very afraid of the vaginal exam. 1 0.86
20. I was sad by the unfavorable conditions of the delivery room 0.79 0.72
21. It was uncomfortable for me to stay in bed when I was giving birth Continuously 1 0.57
22. I was sad because of Caregiver’s disregard to my desires and needs 1 0.72
23. I worried that the medicine team did not know how to treat their work well 0.86 0.72
24. The availability of care equipment, such as the heart rate monitor, could have made my calm and safe 0.79 0.72
25. The experience of normal delivery is like getting into another stage of life 0.8 0.57
26. The experience of natural labor pain means better understanding of the mother’s position 0.8 1
27. I felt empathy and power with the experience of the natural labor pain 0.86 0.72
28. I felt proud and victorious with the experience of natural labor pain 0.8 0.72
29. Self-sacrifice and sacrifice were created in me with the experience of natural labor pain. 0.8 0.57
30. The experience of natural labor pain led to the belief in God and his help. 0.8 0.86
31. Purity was created in me with the experience of natural labor pain 0.86 0.72