PCBBS Survey: Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scores from a Hospital Study

A cross-sectional study at a community-based teaching hospital assessed staff confidence in perinatal bereavement care using the Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS). Carolina Garavito published the results on figshare in April 2026. The dataset contains 46 survey responses from staff in Labor and Delivery, Emergency Department, and Maternity units.

Use Cases

• Analyze differences in bereavement confidence scores between staff who received formal education and those who did not, based on the reported p-values.
• Assess the relationship between organizational support scores and overall confidence levels, based on the subscale results.
• Identify target areas for staff education by comparing the low mean scores for knowledge, skills, self-awareness, and organizational support subscales.

Strengths

• Uses a validated instrument, the Perinatal Bereavement Care Confidence Scale (PBCCS), for measurement.
• Provides specific mean scores and standard deviations for four subscales: knowledge (46.45 ± 13.04), skills (23.07 ± 7.31), self-awareness (24.85 ± 7.54), and organizational support (21.73 ± 6.08).
• Includes statistical analysis results, such as the significant difference (p=0.001) in self-awareness scores based on formal education.

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 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Carolina Garavito via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional survey using the PBCCS instrument at a community-based teaching hospital.

Time Range

Survey date is unspecified; dataset was published in April 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 17:24:53; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data was collected at a single community-based teaching hospital; location is unspecified.