title: A tool to assess sex-gender when selecting health research projects.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the questionnaire "Gender Perspective in Health Research" (GPIHR) to assess the inclusion of gender perspective in research projects.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validation study in two stages. Feasibility was analysed in the first, and reliability, internal consistence and validity in the second.
  Aragón Institute of Health Science, Aragón, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  GPIHR was applied to 118 research projects funded in national and international competitive tenders from 2003 to 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of inter- and intra-observer reliability with Kappa index and internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha. Content validity analysed through literature review and construct validity with an exploratory factor analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Validated GPIHR has 10 questions: 3 in the introduction, 1 for objectives, 3 for methodology and 3 for research purpose. Average time of application was 13min Inter-observer reliability (Kappa) varied between 0.35 and 0.94 and intra-observer between 0.40 and 0.94. Theoretical construct is supported in the literature. Factor analysis identifies three levels of GP inclusion: "difference by sex", "gender sensitive" and "feminist research" with an internal consistency of 0.64, 0.87 and 0.81, respectively, which explain 74.78% of variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GPIHR questionnaire is a valid tool to assess GP and useful for those researchers who would like to include GP in their projects.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: ctomas@unizar.es.
authors.forename: Concepción
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.affiliation: Centro Municipal de la Salud, Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yago
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud San Pablo, Servicio Aragonés de Salud, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eguiluz
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud San Pablo, Servicio Aragonés de Salud, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: M A Luisa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Samitier
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Valdefierro, Servicio Aragonés de Salud, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oliveros
authors.affiliation: Hospital Lozano Blesa, Servicio Aragonés de Salud, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Palacios
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Cuestionario; Gender; Genero; Investigación; Questionnaire; Research; Sex; Sexo; Validez y fiabilidad; Validity and reliability