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Apparent and content validation of maternal self-efficiency scale for prevention of childhood diarrhea
Emanuella Silva Joventino1, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, Namie Okino Sawada
1Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. manujoventino@yahoo.com.br
Aim:
The aim of this paper is to describe the apparent and content validation for the Maternal Self-Efficiency Scale for the Prevention of Childhood Diarrhoea.
Method:
Methodological study with the execution of apparent and content validation by seven judges; semantic analysis, by 30 mothers of children under 5 years old and also a pre-test involving 31 mothers who have been selected through convenience. It has been considered necessary to have the agreement of at least 70% of the judges for apparent validation and a minimum of 80% for pertinence and Index of Content Validation.
Results:
This paper shows that most items have been considered clear, comprehensive and relevant by the judges. The final Content Validity Index of the scale was 0.96. The suggestions of the mothers were accepted.
Conclusion:
The scale ended up having 25 items and two domains (family hygiene and general/eating practices) which assess the maternal self-efficiency for the prevention of diarrhea in their children, thereby contributing to the planning of nursing interventions.
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