Validation of the City Birth Trauma Scale to assess post-traumatic stress symptoms in maternity staff
Traumatic births have a significant psychological impact on maternity staff. The adapted City BiTS (Maternity staff) shows promise for identifying PTSD symptoms in this group, though further refinement of its factor structure is recommended.
Authors
- Ricardo Khine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-0553)
- Susan Ayers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6153-2460)
- Nazihah Uddin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0518-7989)
- Janet Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-6022)
- Rebecca Webb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8862-6491)
- Alice McInnes
Institutions
- Queen Mary University of London (GB)
- City, University of London (GB)
- St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Midwifery
- Published
- 2025-04-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2025.104430
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06