Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire

Objectives: Considering the lack of questionnaires that propose to evaluate parental satisfaction with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Brazil, this study aimed to carry out the translation of the EMPATHIC‐N questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese, the cross‐cultural adaptation and validat...

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Main Authors: Dafne B.C.A. Gomez, Suely A. Vidal, Luciana C.S. Lima
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Brazilian Society of Pediatrics 2017-03-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553616301094
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author Dafne B.C.A. Gomez
Suely A. Vidal
Luciana C.S. Lima
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Luciana C.S. Lima
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description Objectives: Considering the lack of questionnaires that propose to evaluate parental satisfaction with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Brazil, this study aimed to carry out the translation of the EMPATHIC‐N questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese, the cross‐cultural adaptation and validation of its contents. Method: The translation and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire was carried out according to the protocol established by the Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation Group of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) in 2005. The validation of the content was carried out by a panel of experts, who evaluated each item from “very irrelevant” to “very relevant”. Items with a mean Likert scale value <3.5 were excluded. Cronbach's alpha of the domains was calculated. Results: The questionnaire was submitted to two pilot tests with mothers of newborns admitted to the NICU of the study, after which some terms were modified to achieve global understanding. Cronbach's alpha remained above 0.7 in all items. Conclusion: The tool resulting from the translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the EMPATHIC‐N questionnaire showed to be adequate to assess satisfaction of parents of newborns admitted to the NICU in Brazil.
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spelling doaj.art-fb50ebad9d6d497c87a514a2ee28fcc62022-12-22T02:44:00ZporBrazilian Society of PediatricsJornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)2255-55362017-03-0193215616410.1016/j.jpedp.2016.08.013Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaireDafne B.C.A. Gomez0Suely A. Vidal1Luciana C.S. Lima2Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, PE, BrasilInstituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Recife, PE, BrasilInstituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP), Programa de Residência Médica, Recife, PE, BrasilObjectives: Considering the lack of questionnaires that propose to evaluate parental satisfaction with the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in Brazil, this study aimed to carry out the translation of the EMPATHIC‐N questionnaire into Brazilian Portuguese, the cross‐cultural adaptation and validation of its contents. Method: The translation and cultural adaptation of the questionnaire was carried out according to the protocol established by the Translation and Cross‐Cultural Adaptation Group of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) in 2005. The validation of the content was carried out by a panel of experts, who evaluated each item from “very irrelevant” to “very relevant”. Items with a mean Likert scale value <3.5 were excluded. Cronbach's alpha of the domains was calculated. Results: The questionnaire was submitted to two pilot tests with mothers of newborns admitted to the NICU of the study, after which some terms were modified to achieve global understanding. Cronbach's alpha remained above 0.7 in all items. Conclusion: The tool resulting from the translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of the EMPATHIC‐N questionnaire showed to be adequate to assess satisfaction of parents of newborns admitted to the NICU in Brazil.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553616301094Neonatal intensive careQuality of health carePatient satisfactionParentsTranslation (product)Validation study
spellingShingle Dafne B.C.A. Gomez
Suely A. Vidal
Luciana C.S. Lima
Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português)
Neonatal intensive care
Quality of health care
Patient satisfaction
Parents
Translation (product)
Validation study
title Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
title_full Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
title_fullStr Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
title_full_unstemmed Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
title_short Brazilian adaptation and validation of the Empowerment of Parents in the Intensive Care‐Neonatology (EMPATHIC‐N) questionnaire
title_sort brazilian adaptation and validation of the empowerment of parents in the intensive care neonatology empathic n questionnaire
topic Neonatal intensive care
Quality of health care
Patient satisfaction
Parents
Translation (product)
Validation study
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2255553616301094
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