BACKGROUND The use of survey instruments to measure women's experiences of their maternity care is regarded internationally as an indicator of the quality of care received. To ensure the credibility of the data arising from these instruments, the methodological quality of development must be high. This paper reports the protocol for a systematic review of self-report instruments used to measure women's experiences of their maternity care. METHODS Citation databases CINAHL, Ovid MEDLINE and EMBASE will be searched from 2002 to 2018 using keywords including women, experience, maternity care, questionnaires, surveys, and self-report. Citations will be screened by two reviewers, in two rounds, for inclusion as per predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data extraction forms will be populated with data, extracted from each study, to evaluate the methodological quality of each survey instrument and the criteria for good measurement properties using quality criteria. Data will also be extracted to categorise the items included in each survey instrument. A combination of a structured narrative synthesis and quantitate summaries in tabular format will allow for recommendations to be made on the use, adaptation and development of future survey instruments. DISCUSSION The value of survey instruments that evaluate women's experiences of their maternity care, as a marker of quality care, has been recognised internationally with many countries employing the use of such instruments to inform policy and practice. The development of these instruments must be methodologically sound and the instrument itself fit for the purpose and context in which it is used. This protocol describes the methods that will be used to complete a systematic review that will serve as a guide for choosing the most appropriate existing instruments to use or adapt so that they are fit for purpose, in addition to informing the development of new instruments. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION PROSPERO CRD42018105325.

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衡量妇女的产妇护理经历：自我报告调查工具系统审查协议。

背景 使用调查工具来衡量妇女的产妇护理经历在国际上被认为是所接受护理质量的一个指标。为了确保这些工具产生的数据的可信度，开发的方法质量必须很高。本文报告了对用于衡量妇女产妇护理经历的自我报告工具进行系统审查的协议。方法 检索2002年至2018年的引文数据库CINAHL、Ovid MEDLINE和EMBASE，使用关键词包括女性、经验、孕产妇护理、问卷、调查和自我报告。引文将由两名审稿人分两轮进行筛选，以便按照预定的纳入和排除标准纳入。数据提取表格将填充从每项研究中提取的数据，以评估每个调查工具的方法质量以及使用质量标准的良好测量属性的标准。还将提取数据以对每个调查工具中包含的项目进行分类。结构化叙述综合和表格格式的定量摘要相结合，将有助于就未来调查工具的使用、改编和开发提出建议。讨论 评估妇女产妇护理经历的调查工具作为优质护理的标志，其价值已得到国际认可，许多国家都使用此类工具来为政策和实践提供信息。这些工具的开发必须在方法上合理，并且工具本身适合其使用的目的和背景。该协议描述了用于完成系统审查的方法，除了为新仪器的开发提供信息外，该方法还将作为选择最合适的现有仪器使用或适应的指南，使其适合目的。系统审查注册 PROSPERO CRD42018105325。