title: [Development and validation of a questionnaire on knowledge and personal hygiene habits in childhood (HICORIN®)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop and validate a questionnaire on the integral assessment of the habits and knowledge in personal hygiene in children between 7 to 12 years old in the educational, social and health environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study for the validation of a questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  One primary and secondary school and one children's home in the Region of Murcia, Spain.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 86 children were included (80 from a primary and secondary school; 6 from a children's home), as well as 7 experts.
  
  
  METHODS
  Content validation by experts; qualitative assessment; identify difficulties related to some questions, item response analysis, and test-retest reliability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the literature search, 20 tools that included items related to child body hygiene were obtained. The researchers selected 34 items and drafted 48 additional ones. After content validity by the experts, the questionnaire (HICORIN®) was reduced to 63 items, and consisted of 7 dimensions of child personal hygiene (skin, hair, hands, oral, feet, ears, and intimate hygiene). After with the children some terms were adapted to improve their understanding. Only two items had non-response rates that exceeded 10%. The test-retest showed that 84.1% of the items had between very good and moderate reliability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HICORIN® is a reliable and valid instrument that integrally assesses the habits and knowledge in personal hygiene in children between 7-12 years old. It is applicable in educative and social and health environments and in children from different socioeconomic levels.
authors.affiliation: Centro para Personas con Discapacidad El Palmar, El Palmar, Murcia, Instituto Murciano de Acción Social (IMAS), España. Electronic address: frandocfisio@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Moreno-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruzafa-Martínez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Antonio Jesús
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ramos-Morcillo
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Carmen Isabel
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Gómez García
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, España.
authors.forename: Ana María
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Hernández-Susarte
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006184:Habits; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013030:Spain
keywords: Autocuidado; Cuestionarios; Estilos de vida; Estudios de validación.; Higiene; Hygiene; Lifestyles; Prevención primaria; Primary prevention; Questionnaires; Self-care; Validation studies