title: [Adaptation of the oral health version of an instrument for diagnosing the healthcare network?s stage of development].
abstract: The implementation of oral healthcare networks is a recent process that requires evaluation. The current study aimed to describe the stages in the adaptation of the oral healthcare version of an instrument to evaluate the stage of development in the healthcare network under the Unified National Health System (SUS). The original instrument, called Instrument for the Diagnosis of Developmental Stages in the Healthcare Network, was developed by Mendes (2011). A formal evaluation was made of the general and referential meanings from the original instrument, producing the adapted version. The instrument was analyzed by a committee of oral health experts. Comprehension of the adapted version was evaluated using a pretest applied to 20 municipal oral health coordinators in Minas Gerais State. The results showed good conceptual, functional, item, semantic, and operational equivalence between the instruments. The oral health version was well understood and proved adequate for testing its psychometric properties. The latter stage is under completion.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Daniele Lopes
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Leal
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Saul Martins
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paiva
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marcos Azeredo Furquim
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Werneck
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Borges de
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs; D009909:Oral Health / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012660:Semantics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires