Escala de avaliação da capacidade para cuidar de crianças expostas ao HIV

Abstract

It was objectified with this research to construct a scale of evaluation of the capacity to take care of children displayed to HIV (EACCC-HIV); to elaborate item and dimensions and to evaluate the psychometric properties in validity terms and trustworthiness of the instrument. The validity of content of the EACCC-HIV was verified by the agreement enters the judges (opinion of five specialists) and the semantics analysis by Portuguese teacher and technique of Brainstorming. In the validity of construct were compared the contrasted groups. For the trustworthiness of the scale the Alpha of Cronbach and the test-retest had been used. The research was of the methodological type with quantitative boarding, carried through in two units of reference in the attendance of children displayed to the HIV in Fortaleza-CE. The sample applied in the pilot was constituted of 26 caregivers of children displayed to the HIV. How much to the methodological development, occurred of February to October of 2008, and in this had been used as instruments the initial scale with 55 item, the scale for the pilot with 70 item and the forms for evaluation with the judges. As the results had disclosed, in the 55 initial item an agreement of 98,5% (p=0,470) between the judges. However, 32 item had been kept, one excluded and 16 enclosed ones, being the total of 70 item for application in the pilot. After the semantics analysis, 14 item had been reformulated. With 70 item, the pilot instrument was applied in the sample of 26 caregivers of children displayed to the HIV. The majority of the caregivers had between 20 and 29 years; it coexisted the partner, the half had complete basic education and incomplete, great part was dismissed and received less from one minimum wage. In the contrasted groups, it was identified that not to have had statistical significant association between the changeable income and 49 item of the scale. It existed, however, significant association or bordering value in seven item (p<0,05). In this in case that it is suggested changeable income in the application of this scale in other research. The trustworthiness for the Alpha of Cronbach presented total value of 0,954 and p=0,0001. Therefore, it had internal consistency of the item, but for the test-retest it was not possible to carry through statistical tests. In the second phase with the judges, the total Alpha of Cronbach for clarity, relation dimension-item and relevance got the value of 0,800 and p=0.0001, demonstrating agreement between them. However, in the analysis for the clarity of the item equivalence was not observed (α=0,110 and p=0,262) and some item of the instrument had been reformulated or excluded. It was elaborated in the end the EACCC-HIV with 52 item and five dimensions. After the accomplishment of the study, got a trustworthy instrument capable to evaluate the capacity to take care of children displayed to the HIV. This could widely be used in the clinic and in the research, and, thus, it will contribute for the accomplishment of future studies with this thematic one. It is suggested, still, the application of the EACCC-HIV in bigger samples and with tests of association with the infantile and maternal variable and, in order to verify the trustworthiness and the validity of the instrument with new researchers and to arrive at a steady and reapplicable scale.