Spousal Presence as a Nonpharmacological Pain Management during Childbirth: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Description of the questionnaires, Abuja Instrument for Midwives (AIM), Abuja Instrument for Parturient Pain (AIPP), and Abuja Instrument for Parturient Spouses (AIPS).

Questionnaire	Number of items	Questionnaire layout	Questionnaire objective	Questionnaire format
AIM	20	Three sections: (a) Demographics (8 items); (b) Pain assessment and intervention (8 items); (c) Feelings and attitude relating to spouses presence (4 items)	To evaluate parturient pain management practices and perception of the use of spousal presence as intervention by midwives.	Open questions (6); Close-ended questions (14)
AIPP	27	Three sections: (a) Demographics (5 items); (b) Birth history and parturient pain (17 items); (c) Perception of spousal presence during parturiency (5 items)	To assess spousal presence in alleviation of parturient pain and the perception of the parturient on the use of this intervention.	Open questions (5); Close-ended questions (17); Likert scale of 5 points (3); Universal Pain Assessment Scale (2)
AIPS	24	Three sections: (a) Demographics (7 items); (b) Labor and pain management (10 items); (c) Feelings and perception related to spouse labor and pain (5 items)	Assessment of spouse's participation during parturiency and their perception of parturient pain and being present during parturiency.	Open questions (5); Close-ended questions (13); Likert scale of 5 points (3); Universal Pain Assessment Scale (1)