title: [Construction of a tool to measure perceptions about the use of the World Health Organization Safe Surgery Checklist Program].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended greater attention to patient safety, particularly regarding preventable adverse events. The Safe Surgery Saves Lives (CSSV) program was released recommending the application of a surgical checklist for items on the safety of procedures. The checklist implementation reduced the hospital mortality rate in the first 30 days. In Brazil, we found no studies of anesthesiologists' adherence to the practice of the checklist.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main objective was to develop a tool to measure the attitude of anesthesiologists and residents regarding the use of checklist in the perioperative period.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study performed during the 59(th) CBA in BH/MG, whose participants were enrolled physicians who responded to the questionnaire with quantitative epidemiological approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From the sample of 459 participants who answered the questionnaire, 55% were male, 44.2% under 10 years of practice, and 15.5% with over 30 years of medical school completion. Seven items with 78% reliability coefficient were selected. There was a statistically significant difference between the groups of anesthesiologists who reported using the instrument in less or more than 70% of patients, indicating that the attitude questionnaire discriminates between these two groups of professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The seven items questionnaire showed adequate internal consistency and a well-defined factor structure, and can be used as a tool to measure the anesthesiologists' perceptions about the checklist usefulness and applicability.
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Luis Antonio Dos Santos
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Diego
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fabiane Cardia
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
authors.forename: João Henrique
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS), São Cristóvão, SE, Brasil; Medicina Translacional, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Estados Unidos da América. Electronic address: juliobrand@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Julio Cezar
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Brandão
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil; Medicina Translacional, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp), São Paulo, SP, Brasil; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Getúlio de Oliveira
authors.initials: Gde O
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antonio Fernando
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: Airton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bagatini
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia (SBA), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
authors.forename: José Mariano de
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moraes
keywords: Adverse events; Checklist; Cirurgia segura; Eventos adversos; Ferramenta; Organização Mundial da Saúde; Safe surgery; Tool; World Health Organization