PBCCS Subscale Results by Department: Perinatal Bereavement Confidence Survey

Survey results from 46 hospital staff assessing confidence in perinatal bereavement care using the Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS). The dataset contains subscale scores for knowledge, skills, self-awareness, and organizational support, broken down by department and formal education status. Carolina Garavito published the data on figshare in April 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare bereavement confidence levels across different hospital departments based on the reported subscale scores.
• Analyze the impact of formal education on staff self-awareness scores, as indicated by the reported statistical difference (p=0.001).
• Identify organizational support needs by examining the low mean score (21.73 ± 6.08) for that subscale.
• Assess overall confidence adequacy against the 80% threshold using the reported total mean sum score of 116 (72%).

Strengths

• Uses a validated instrument, the Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS).
• Provides department-level breakdown with counts (e.g., 19 from Labor and Delivery).
• Includes statistical analysis results, such as p-values for group differences.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey conducted at a community-based teaching hospital.

Time Range

Survey period not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-27 17:24:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hospital location not specified.