Validation of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in children and adolescents.

Autor:	Sousa GS; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil., Mendonça IMS; Faculdade para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia. Parauapebas, Pará, Brazil., Morita LHM; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil., Cortela DDCB; Universidade do Estado do Mato Grosso. Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil., Silva PRS; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil., Ferreira SMB; Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2024 Jul 19; Vol. 77 (2), pp. e20230344. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 19 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0344
Abstrakt:	Objectives: to validate the content of an instrument for assessing leprosy care in individuals under 15 years old in the context of Primary Health Care. Methods: methodological study of content validation, based on the evaluation of essential and derived attributes in primary care, in the professional version. For data analysis, the Content Validation Index (CVI ≥ 0.8) and Cronbach's Alpha were calculated. Results: a higher percentage of judges among nurses (61.5%) was observed; with a doctorate (46.2%), and engaged in teaching and research (77%). The overall Content Validation Index of the instrument was 0.98. In the analysis of Cronbach's Alpha of the instrument, the assigned value was 0.717. Conclusions: the instrument represents an advancement in the measurement of health evaluation policies and can significantly contribute to improving the quality of care provided to children and adolescents with leprosy.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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