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Validation of the Comply with Post-Exposure Management Among Health Care Workers Instrument for Brazil* * Extracted from the thesis “Adaptação cultural e validação para o Brasil do instrumento Complywith post-exposure management amonghealthcareworkers para profissionais de enfermagem”, Programa Interunidades de Doutoramento em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 2014.

Validación para Brasil del Comply with Post-Exposure Management Among Health Care Workers

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To validate the Comply with post-exposure management among healthcare workersinstrument for Nursing in Brazil.

METHOD

A methodological study carried out with 137 nursing professionals exposed to biological material. The existence of floor and ceiling effects was analyzed, evaluating reliability by the internal consistency of the items and test-retest reproducibility. The construct validity was analyzed by the multitrait-multi method analysis.

RESULTS

Ceiling effects were found in two subscales. The result of the internal consistency of four subscales varied between 0.81 and 0.91. The results were considered satisfactory, while two subscales presented an unsatisfactory result (0.50 and 0.37). An evaluation of the measurement stability obtained positive results in relation to the statistical significance, with Intraclass Correlation Coefficient values between the two measurements ranging from 0.301 to 0.727; the validity of a convergent and divergent construct was confirmed by multitrait-multi method analysis, except for the Attitude subscale, which presented unsatisfactory values.

CONCLUSION

The instrument presents satisfactory results for validity and reliability, except for the Attitude dimension.

Descriptors
Exposure to Biological Agents; Nursing; Intention; Occupational Health; Validation Studies

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