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Evaluation of the Primary Care in leprosy control: proposal of an instrument for users* * Extracted from the thesis "Evaluation of primary care in leprosy control: instrument validation and performance analysis of endemic municipalities in the state of Minas Gerais", Post-Graduate Program, School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2014.

Evaluación de la atención primaria en el control de la hanseniasis: propuesta de una herramienta destinada a los usuarios

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.


Leprosy; Primary Health Care; Health Services Evaluation; Questionnaires; Validation studies


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