CONSTRUÇÃO E VALIDAÇÃO DE ESCALA DE AUTOEFICÁCIA DE GESTANTES NA PREVENÇÃO DAS SÍNDROMES HIPERTENSIVAS DA GRAVIDEZ

• Autor(a) principal: Thuler, Andréa Cristina de Morais Chaves
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Wall, Marilene Loewen
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Cogitare Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufpr.br/cogitare/article/view/75754
• topic: Saúde da Mulher; Autoeficácia; Psicometria; Gestantes; Hipertensão; Estudos de Validação.; Self-efficacy; Psychometry; Pregnant women; Hypertension; Validation studies.; Autoeficacia; Psicometría; Mujeres embarazadas; Hipertensión; Estudios de validación.

Objective: to construct and validate the Scale of Self-efficacy in Pregnant Women for the Prevention of Complications resulting from Hypertensive Syndromes in Pregnancy. Method: a methodological study with a quantitative approach, developed between April 2018 and May 2019 in a public university from the Brazilian South region. The theoretical, experimental and analytical procedures were performed. Content validation was conducted in two stages with evaluators, and semantic validation was performed with pregnant women. The statistical tests used were that of the Content Validity Index and Cronbach’s alpha. Results: the scale consists in 17 items distributed into sevendomains: Drug treatment, Prenatal care, Intervention based on common sense, Understanding of the recommendations with support from the family, Lifestyle, Dietary intervention, and Self-care. The domains’ internal consistency assessed by means of Cronbach’s alpha varied from 0.527 to 0.597. Conclusion: the scale presented acceptable psychometric properties and can improve the systematization of the care provided to pregnant women with a hypertension diagnosis.