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Adaptation and validation of the Measuring of Treatment Adherence for mental health
Letícia de Oliveira Borba1, Fernanda Carolina Capistrano1, Aline Cristina Zerwes Ferreira1
1Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Objective:
to adapt culturally and validate the Measuring Instrument of Treatment Adherence for mental health.
Method:
methodological study, carried out with 300 individuals with mental disorders, in two Psychosocial Care Centers in Curitiba, state of Paraná, Brazil, from April to June 2014. The cross-cultural adaptation was developed according to international recommendations, the construct validation was made by exploratory factor analysis, and internal consistency was verified by Cronbach's alpha.
Results:
through the evaluation of a committee of experts and completion of the pre-testing, face and content validation was achieved. From the factor analysis, we identified two factors of the instrument's construct: involuntary action and voluntary action, with a total explanation variance of 55.7%. The value of Bartlett's test of sphericity was p<0.001. Cronbach's alpha was 0.74.
Conclusion:
the adapted and validated instrument proved to be trustworthy to be applied to the verification of adherence to drug therapy for individuals with mental disorders.
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