Prenatal Psychosocial Profile: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validation to its use in Brazil.
OBJECTIVE
To translate the Prenatal Psychosocial Profile (PPP) to be used in Brazil; to perform its cross-cultural adaptation; and to evaluate its reliability and validity.


METHODS
Methodological study.


METHODS
The study was conducted in 10 prenatal care clinics at the city of Porto Alegre/Brazil.


METHODS
241 women pregnant women.


METHODS
The adaptation process consisted in: translation; first version synthesis; expert committee evaluation; back translation; pre-test of the PPP version in Portuguese (PPP-VP); validation; the data with the participants was collected in 2007, by trained student nurses that approached the women while they were waiting for prenatal consultation.


RESULTS
The mean scores for all subscales were similar to the ones found by the original authors; internal consistency was verified through Cronbach׳s alpha, with values of 0.71 for the stress subscale; 0.96 for support from the partner; 0.96 for support from others; and 0.79 for self-esteem; validity was supported through factorial analysis; construct and criterion validities were also established.


CONCLUSIONS
PPP-VP should be used as a tool to obtain a psychosocial profile which can lead to nursing interventions that will reduce health risk behaviours during pregnancy.
School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Rua São Manoel, 963 Room 217, Bairro Rio Branco, 90620-110 Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil. Electronic address: anne.marie@ufrgs.br.
Anne Marie
AM
Weissheimer
School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo,WHO Collaborating Center for the Nursing Research Development, Avenida dos Bandeirantes, 3900 Campus Universitário, 14040-902 Ribeirão Preto/SP, Brazil. Electronic address: mavima@eerp.usp.br.
Marli Villela
MV
Mamede
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008880:Midwifery; D011247:Pregnancy; D037841:Pregnant People / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
Prenatal care; Psychological stress; Psychometrics; Self-esteem; Social support