Women’s reported experience of respectful maternity care measures worldwide: a systematic review

Key Points

• The review aims to assess existing tools that measure women’s experiences of respectful maternity care (RMC).
• Conducted a systematic review of available measurement tools for RMC.
• Evaluated the quality of measurement properties of these tools.
• Identified gaps in current assessments related to women’s reported experiences.
• Found that the quality of measurement properties of existing tools for RMC was inadequate.
• Concluded that there is a need for a standardized tool to measure women-reported experiences of RMC.