title: [Evaluation of the primary care in leprosy control: proposal of an instrument for users].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Developing an instrument to evaluate the performance of primary health care in the leprosy control actions, from the perspective of users and do the face and content validation.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a methodological study carried out in four stages: development of instrument, face and content validation, pre-test, and analysis of test-retest reliability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The initial instrument submitted to the judgment of 15 experts was composed of 157 items. The face and content validation and pre-test of instrument were essential for the exclusion of items and adjustment of instrument to evaluate the object under study. In the analysis of test-retest reliability, the instrument proved to be reliable.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The instrument is considered adequate, but further studies are needed to test the psychometric properties.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Course, Universidade Federal de São João Del Rei, São João Del Rei, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Moura
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lanza
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nayara Figueiredo
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mônica Maria Celestina de
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Department of Maternal-Child Nursing and Public Health, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco Carlos Félix
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Lana
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D032921:Consensus; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires