[Cross-cultural adaptation and reproducibility of a questionnaire to assess the knowledge and attitude of health professionals in cases of child physical abuse].
The scope of this study was to conduct cross-cultural adaptation and evaluate the reproducibility of a questionnaire designed by a team from the University of London to assess knowledge and attitudes of health professionals during primary care when faced with cases of child physical abuse. The translation rigorously followed the criteria described by Herdman (1998), to maintain maximum functional equivalence. The adapted questionnaire was tested on 107 health care professionals from Belo Horizonte. Standard and Weighted Kappa tests were used to evaluate the reproducibility of the instrument. Most of the questions achieved Kappa test values above 80% (excellent). The Brazilian version of the questionnaire was, therefore, adapted and had proven reproducibility.
Fernando
F
Silva-Oliveira
Efigênia
E
Ferreira e  Ferreira
Flávio de Freitas
Fde F
Mattos
Marco Túlio de Freitas
MT
Ribeiro
Luís Otavio de Miranda
LO
Cota
Míriam Pimenta
MP
Vale
Patrícia Maria
PM
Zarzar
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires