2014•Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USPOpen access

Pediatric patient classification system: improvement of an instrument

Ariane Polidoro Dini, Edinêis de Brito Guirardello

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OBJECTIVE: Improve the content validity of the instrument for classification of pediatric patients and evaluate its construct validity. METHOD: A descriptive exploratory study in the measurement of the content validity index, and correlational design for construct validation through exploratory factor analysis. RESULTS: The content validity index for indicators was 0.99 and it was 0.97 for graded situations. Three domains were extracted in the construct validation, namely: patient, family and therapeutic procedures, with 74.97% of explained variance. The instrument showed evidences of content and construct validity. CONCLUSION: The validation of the instrument occurred under the approach of family-centered care, and allowed incorporating some essential needs of childhood such as playing, interaction and affection in the content of the instrument.

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Key concepts: Content validity, Construct validity, Construct (python library), Variance (accounting), Affection, Psychology, Exploratory factor analysis, Index (typography)