Measurement properties of the German version of the birth satisfaction scale-revised (BSS-R) in women with pre-existing medical conditions and high-risk pregnancy

Table 6 Comparison of Ger-BSS-R total and sub-scale scores differentiated by mode of birth. Due to the small sample size of the vacuum delivery group, this category was excluded from Inferential statistical testing. Standard deviations are in parentheses, degrees of freedom = 2, 200. Subscales: SE = stress experienced during childbirth, WA = women’s attributes, QC = quality of care

BSS-R Scale	NVD (n = 93) M (SD)	Vacuum Delivery (n = 16) M (SD)	Elective CS (n = 70) M (SD)	Emergency CS (n = 40) M (SD)	F	p	ω²	95%CI	Effect size
SE	8.16 (3.38)^a	5.81 (2.24)	8.74 (1.75)^b	6.50 (6.12)^{a, b}	5.59	0.004	0.04	0.00–0.11	Small
WA	4.09 (2.01)	3.44 (2.39)	3.34 (2.31)	3.25 (5.16)	3.20	0.04	0.02	0.00–0.07	Small
QC	14.59 (1.65)^a	14.13 (2.14)	13.69 (1.74)^a	14.02 (5.38)	4.83	0.009	0.04	0.00–0.10	Small
Total score	26.84 (5.75)^a	23.38 (2.13)	25.77 (2.30)	23.78 (6.20)^a	3.79	0.02	0.03	0.00–0.08	Small

^{a, b,c} indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05) Bonferroni-adjusted differences between group pairs

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