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Table 6 Pearson’s r correlations between EMC scale and sub-scale scores. p < 0.01 unless otherwise indicated

From: Women’s experiences of maternity care in England: preliminary development of a standard measure

EMC Scale

PR.1

PR.2

PR.3

PR.4

PR.5

LB.1

LB.2

PN.1

PN.2

PN.3

Preg

Lab

Post

Sub-scales

 Care appraisal (PR.1)

1.00

            

 Information (PR.2)

0.62

1.00

           

 Antenatal communication (PR.3)

0.65

0.59

1.00

          

 Continuity (PR.4)

0.49

0.31

0.36

1.00

         

 Antenatal checks (PR.5)

0.47

0.38

0.39

0.24

1.00

        

 Care quality (LB.1)

0.45

0.34

0.39

0.17

0.35

1.00

       

 Care needs (LB.2)

0.32

0.33

0.37

0.15

0.28

0.76

1.00

      

 Adequacy of care (PN.1)

0.29

0.30

0.31

0.09*

0.18

0.34

0.33

1.00

     

 HP Communication* (PN.2)

0.45

0.44

0.48

0.28

0.34

0.44

0.44

0.46

1.00

    

 Individualised care (PN.2)

0.45

0.42

0.44

0.20

0.42

0.45

0.43

0.56

0.65

1.00

   

Totals

 Pregnancy total

0.87

0.76

0.82

0.66

0.64

0.45

0.39

0.31

0.53

0.51

1.00

  

 Labour & birth total

0.41

0.36

0.40

0.17

0.33

0.94

0.94

0.36

0.47

0.47

0.45

1.00

 

 Postnatal total

0.46

0.45

0.48

0.22

0.36

0.49

0.47

0.83

0.83

0.86

0.53

0.51

1.00

  1. * p = 0.17, Bold p = 0.02, Italic p = 0.01