Adaptation and validation of the Measuring of Treatment Adherence for mental health

• Autor(a) principal: Borba,Letícia de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Capistrano,Fernanda Carolina, Ferreira,Aline Cristina Zerwes, Kalinke,Luciana Puchalski, Mantovani,Maria de Fátima, Maftum,Mariluci Alves
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672018001102243
• topic: Mental Health; Medication Adherence; Mental Disorders; Validation Studies; Nursing

ABSTRACT 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.