Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Brazilian Healthcare Professional Providers' Knowledge on Sickle Cell Disease

Overview

Journal Hematol Transfus Cell Ther

Specialty Hematology

Date 2019 May 16

PMID 31084764

Citations 4

Authors

Katy Karoline Santos Diniz

Adriana Silvina Pagano

Ana Paula Pinheiro Chagas Fernandes

Ilka Afonso Reis

Leonardo Goncalves Pinheiro Junior

Heloisa de Carvalho Torres

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Abstract

Objective: To develop and validate DFConhecimento, an instrument to assess Brazilian healthcare professional providers' knowledge on sickle cell disease.

Method: Study carried out in four stages: (1) instrument development; (2) content validation by an Expert Committee; (3) cultural adequacy check at pre-test; (4) instrument reliability analysis by healthcare professional providers supported by Intraclass Correlation Coefficient calculation. The data for content validation and reliability analyses were collected through the web tool eSurv and analyzed within the statistical software and environment R.

Results: The instrument, consisting of 13 multiple-choice questions, showed acceptability, with an average Content Validity Index of 0.88. The reliability analysis showed moderate agreement (0.67) indicating that test-retest reproducibility is acceptable.

Conclusion: The instrument DFConhecimento showed reliability and internal consistency, proving suitable for measuring Brazilian healthcare professional providers' acquisition of knowledge on sickle cell disease.

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