TABLE 2.

Items deleted from person-centred maternity care scale during factor analysis for different reasons, Enugu State, Nigeria, 2019.

PCMC domain	Item	Theme	Reason for deletion
Dignity and respect	Did the doctors, nurses or other staff shout at you, scold, insult, threaten, or talked to you rudely?	Verbal abuse	Low communality
	Did you feel like you were treated roughly like pushed, beaten, slapped, pinched, physically restrained, or gagged?	Physical abuse	Low communality
Autonomy and communication	During your time in the health facility, did the doctors, nurses, or other healthcare providers introduce themselves to you when they first came to see you?	Introduce self	Low communality
	During your delivery, do you feel like you were able to be in the position of your choice?	Delivery position	Low communality
Supportive care	Did you feel you waited long before the health workers attended to you?	Time to care	Low communality
	Were you allowed to have someone you wanted to stay with you during delivery?	Delivery support	Low communality
	Thinking about the labour and postnatal wards, did you feel the health facility was crowded?	Crowded	Low communality
	Was there clean drinking water available in the facility?	Clean water	Low communality