Adaptation and validation of the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument among Brazilian pregnant women

Authors

  • Patrícia Santos Prudêncio Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Fabiana Villela Mamede Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Luiz de Souza Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto
  • Marli Villela Mamede Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000300008

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to adapt and validate the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument for use in Brazil. It contains 41 items divided into two dimensions: expectations and satisfaction. The adapted version was submitted to analysis for stability, convergent construct validity, and internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) for distinct groups and dimensions. METHOD: 119 pregnant women receiving prenatal care were interviewed and 26 of these women answered the instrument twice (retest). Internal consistency was appropriate (Cronbach's alpha ≥ 0.70); test-retest presented strong correlation (r=0.82; p<0.001) for the domain expectations and moderate correlation (r=0.66; p<0.001) for the satisfaction domain. The analysis confirmed that the instrument's adapted version is valid in the studied group. RESULTS: there is strong evidence for the validity and reliability of the instrument's adaptation. CONCLUSION: the instrument needs to be tested in groups of pregnant women with different social characteristics.

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2013-06-01

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Vol. 21 No. 3 (2013)

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Adaptation and validation of the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument among Brazilian pregnant women . (2013). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 21(3), 704-710. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692013000300008