The Understanding Bereavement Evaluation Tool (UBET) for midwives: factor structure and clinical research applications.
BACKGROUND
The NMSF (2009) survey reported that bereavement midwife care was inadequate in a number of UK NHS Trusts. Using a small grant from the Scottish government, 3 experienced midwifery lecturers designed an interactive workbook called "Shaping bereavement care for midwives in clinical practice" for the purpose of improving delivery of bereavement education to student midwives. An instrument called the Understanding Bereavement Evaluation Tool (UBET) was designed to measure effectiveness of the workbook at equipping students with essential knowledge.


AIM
To assess validity and reliability of the UBET at measuring midwives' self-perceptions of knowledge surrounding delivery of bereavement care to childbearing women, partners and families who have experienced childbirth related bereavement.


METHOD
An evaluative audit using the UBET was undertaken to explore student midwives' (n=179) self perceived knowledge levels before and after the workbook intervention. Validity tests have shown that the UBET, (6-item version), could be considered a psychometrically robust instrument for assessing students' knowledge gain. PCA identified that the UBET comprised two sub-scales (theoretical knowledge base - Q 1, 2 & 3 and psychosocial elements of care delivery - Q 4, 5 & 6).


DISCUSSION
Data has shown that the easy to administer and short 6-item UBET is a valid and reliable tool for educators to measure success at delivering education using the "Shaping bereavement care for midwives in clinical practice" work book.
['Hollins Martin|Caroline J|CJ|', 'Forrest|Eleanor|E|', 'Wylie|Linda|L|', 'Martin|Colin R|CR|']
D001601:Bereavement D004521:Educational Measurement D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical D005260:Female D006801:Humans D009721:Nurse Midwives D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations D010865:Pilot Projects D011247:Pregnancy D011594:Psychometrics D015203:Reproducibility of Results D012606:Scotland
Bereavement Evaluation Midwifery Education Loss Miscarriage Stillbirth Teaching