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[Evaluation of the primary care in leprosy control: proposal of an instrument for users]
Fernanda Moura Lanza1, Nayara Figueiredo Vieira2, Mônica Maria Celestina de Oliveira3
1Nursing Course, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, São João Del Rei, MG, Brazil.
Objective:
Developing an instrument to evaluate the performance of primary health care in the leprosy control actions, from the perspective of users and do the face and content validation.
Method:
This is a methodological study carried out in four stages: development of instrument, face and content validation, pre-test, and analysis of test-retest reliability.
Results:
The initial instrument submitted to the judgment of 15 experts was composed of 157 items. The face and content validation and pre-test of instrument were essential for the exclusion of items and adjustment of instrument to evaluate the object under study. In the analysis of test-retest reliability, the instrument proved to be reliable.
Conclusion:
The instrument is considered adequate, but further studies are needed to test the psychometric properties.
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