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- Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Children with Special Health Care Needs ScreenerPublication . Pombal, Fernanda; Sousa, Lia Raquel Teixeira de; Almeida, Sofia Pinto de; Pereira, Alexandra Manuela Nogueira de Andrade; Ferreira, Maria Amélia Leite; Vieira, Estela Luciana Cardoso; Festas, ConstançaBackground: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have a range of health care needs that can influence their integration and their academic life. Early identification of CSHCN is essential for family and school health teams to plan better health care and promote school inclusion. Objective: To translate, culturally adapt, and validate the Children with Special Health Care Needs Screener (CSHCN Screener) for the Portuguese population. Methodology: Methodological study including translation and semantic and cultural adaptation. A total of 390 parents of children from the northern region of Portugal participated in the study. Results: The Portuguese version consists of 14 items. The panel of experts and the parents of CSHCN considered the instrument to be acceptable, understandable, and with content validity. The CSHCN Screener took about one minute to complete or self-complete. Conclusion: The Portuguese version of the CSHCN Screener proves to be a valid and reliable tool for identifying CSHCN.
- Validation of the “International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire – Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UISF)" for the Portuguese populationPublication . Guerra, Maria João; Almeida, Sofia Pinto de; Nogueira, Helena Maria; Alves, Paulo Jorge PereiraIntroduction: Urinary incontinence can be considered a common condition associated with the aging process with extremely disabling symptoms, being two to three times more prevalent in women than in men. The use of validated instruments for the initial diagnosis of urinary incontinence is essential to obtain uniformity and systematization in the assessment of this condition. Objective: To adapt and validate the International Consultation Questionnaire Urinary Incontinence Short Form (ICIQ-UI SF) for the Portuguese population. Methodology: Two independent translations of the ICIQ-UI SF were performed by Portuguese translators fluent in English. After harmonizing them, the resulting translation was independently back translated by two English translators fluent in Portuguese. The final version of the ICIQ-UI SF into Portuguese was applied to 90 users of the outpatient urology, urology and gynecology inpatient clinic of a hospital located in Gaia. The psychometric properties and reliability of the questionnaire were evaluated.Results: No changes to the original format of the ICIQ-UI SF were observed at the end of the instrument's translation and adaptation process. The average age of participants was 55 years. Internal consistency was high, as demonstrated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.85). Pearson's coefficient for questions 3 and 4 was 0.88 and for questions 4 and 5 it was 0.82. The evaluation was considered satisfactory and statistically significant.Conclusion: The Portuguese version of the ICIQ-UI SF was successfully validated, making it possible to apply it to the Portuguese population with satisfactory reliability and construct validity.
- Validation of the "international consultation on incontinence questionnaire urinary incontinence quality of life"Publication . Guerra, Maria João Jacinto; Almeida, Sofia Pinto de; Nogueira, Helena Maria; Alves, Paulo Jorge PereiraObjective: To Validate the International Consultation on Incontinence QuestionnaireQuality of Life for the Portuguese population. Urinary incontinence is a highlyprevalent condition with a negative impact on people’s quality of life. The International Consultation on Incontinence QuestionnaireQuality of Life was adapted in order to have a standardized structure thatallows the assessment of the impact of urinary incontinence on quality of life.Method: An observational cross-sectional study was carried out with two hundredand twenty participants recruited at the CentroHospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho and at the CentroHospitalar Universitário de São João during the period from September 2019 to January 2020.The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were assessed. For internalconsistency, the standardized Cronbach’s alphacoefficient was calculated. In order to obtain construct validity, anexploratory factor analysis was performed using varimax rotation to extract themain components. Results: The Portuguese version of the questionnaire has 21 items distributed bythe three factors found, maintaining the items proposed in the originalversion. The result of standardized Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, α=0.906 overall, confirms the internal consistency ofthe Portuguese version of the instrument. Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed between each item and the itemassessing the impact on quality of life in the form of a scale, verifying apositive correlation in all items. Conclusions:ThePortuguese version of the questionnaire proved to be reliable and valid in thestudy carried out for clinical and research use.
- Validation of the Nurse-Parent Support Tool scale for Portuguese culture: reliability and validityPublication . Antunes, Ana Luisa Ramos; Festas, Constança; Quelhas, Isabel; Almeida, Sofia Pinto deBackground: Assessing the perceptions of parents of hospitalized children about the support provided by nurses can contribute to assessing the quality of pediatric nursing care. Objective: To complete the cultural adaptation and validation of the Nurse-Parent Support Tool (NPST) for the Portuguese population by assessing its reliability and validity. Methodology: Quantitative methodological study, with a sample of 291 parents of hospitalized children. The psychometric properties of the instrument were measured by assessing its reliability using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and its construct validity through exploratory factor analysis with Varimax rotation. Results: The psychometric characteristics of the NPST show that it is appropriate to the Portuguese population of parents of hospitalized children (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.925), as well as a reliable and valid tool to measure the support provided by nurses to these parents. Conclusion: The European Portuguese version of the NPST - Escala de Apoio dos Enfermeiros aos Pais (EAEP) - is a reliable and valid instrument with very good internal consistency to assess the support provided by nurses to parents during a child’s hospitalization.