Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale for Brazilian nurses

Authors

  • Jamila Geri Tomaschewski-Barlem Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Valéria Lerch Lunardi Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Edison Luiz Devos Barlem Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Rosemary Silva da Silveira Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Graziele de Lima Dalmolin Universidade Federal do Rio Grande; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Aline Marcelino Ramos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0214.2602

Abstract

Objective: to adapt culturally and validate the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale for Brazilian nurses.Method: methodological study carried out with 153 nurses from two hospitals in the South region of Brazil, one public and the other philanthropic. The cross-cultural adaptation of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale was performed according to international standards, and its validation was carried out for use in the Brazilian context, by means of factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha as measure of internal consistency.Results: by means of evaluation by a committee of experts and application of pre-test, face validity and content validity of the instrument were considered satisfactory. From the factor analysis, five constructs were identified: negative implications of the advocacy practice, advocacy actions, facilitators of the advocacy practice, perceptions that favor practice advocacy and barriers to advocacy practice. The instrument showed satisfactory internal consistency, with Cronbach's alpha values ranging from 0.70 to 0.87.Conclusion: it was concluded that the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale - Brazilian version, is a valid and reliable instrument for use in the evaluation of beliefs and actions of health advocacy, performed by Brazilian nurses in their professional practice environment.

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Published

2015-08-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (2015)

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Tomaschewski-Barlem, J. G., Lunardi, V. L., Barlem, E. L. D., Silveira, R. S. da, Dalmolin, G. de L., & Ramos, A. M. (2015). Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale for Brazilian nurses . Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 23(4), 669-676. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0214.2602