title: [Scale of conflict in health care decision-making: an instrument adapted and validated for the Portuguese language].
abstract: The different options available to patients in the health environment now are implicated in increasingly difficult processes of decision-making, and may trigger conflict about them. This study had as its purpose, to develop an instrument that enabled us to know about this variable. Therefore, we decided to effect a transcultural adaptation and evaluation of psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Decisional Conflict Scale, which seeks information about decision-making and the factors that influence the choices made. The sample consisted of 521 nursing students, with a focus on decision-making regarding the flu syndrome. The results obtained on the reliability tests showed good internal consistency for all items (Cronbach a=0.94). The psychometric study allowed us to affirm that the Portuguese version of the Decisional Conflict Scale, which we call Scale of Conflicts in Decision-Making in Health (ECTDS), was a reliable and valid instrument.
authors.affiliation: Doutoranda em Ciências de Enfermagem . Professora Adjunta da Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto. Porto, Portugal. julia@esenf.pt
authors.forename: Maria Júlia Costa Marques
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martinho
authors.affiliation: Doutora em Ciências de Enfermagem. Professora Coordenadora da Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto. Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: Martins Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Professora Titular da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Margareth
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angelo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009729:Nursing; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult