title: Adaptation and validation of the Patient Expectations and Satisfaction with Prenatal Care instrument among Brazilian pregnant women.
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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the instrument needs to be tested in groups of pregnant women with different social characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. psprudencio@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Patrícia Santos
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Prudêncio
authors.forename: Fabiana Villela
authors.initials: FV
authors.lastname: Mamede
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.forename: Luiz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Marli Villela
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Mamede
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires