What question did this study set out to answer?

The review aims to assess existing tools that measure women’s experiences of respectful maternity care (RMC).

April 1, 2026Open Access

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.

Abstract

This review provided a comprehensive evaluation of the available tools to measure RMC. The quality of measurement properties of WREMs of RMC was inadequate. Future studies should develop and validate a standardised tool to measure women-reported experiences of RMC.

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Yohannes et al. (Sun,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69ccb59f16edfba7beb876b1 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-27157-y

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