title: Ineffective breathing pattern in children with congenital heart disease: definitions and outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To check the content validity of operational definitions for respiratory indicators of ineffective breathing pattern of children with congenital heart disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  A methodologic study performed with Brazilian expert nurses that assesses the item-objective congruence and adequacy of criteria of operational definitions for indicators of ineffective breathing pattern.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirty two indicators presented item-objective congruence higher than 0.80. The content validity index higher than 0.80 was identified in at least 16 indicators for each criterion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Implementation of these concepts is helpful but they need to be kept under review.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: Viviane Martins
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Thelama Leite
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Beatriz Amorim
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Beltrão
authors.forename: Nirla Gomes
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Guedes
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012119:Respiration