title: A content validity study of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate the content of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS for people with deafness. Method: Methodological development study, which involved 36 people with deafness and three LIBRAS specialists. The study was conducted in three stages: investigation of the signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems, referred to by people with deafness, reported in a questionnaire; video recordings of how people with deafness express, through LIBRA, the signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems; and validation of the contents of the recordings of the expressions by LIBRAS specialists. Data were processed in a spreadsheet and analyzed using univariate tables, with absolute frequencies and percentages. The validation results were analyzed using the Content Validity Index (CVI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  33 expressions in LIBRAS, of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems were evaluated, and 28 expressions obtained a satisfactory CVI (1.00).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS presented validity, in the study region, for health professionals, especially nurses, for use in the clinical anamnesis of the nursing consultation for people with deafness.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jamilly da Silva
authors.initials: Jda S
authors.lastname: Aragão
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Inacia Sátiro Xavier
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: de França
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexsandro Silva
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Coura
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco Stélio
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Joana D'arc Lyra
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Isabella Medeiros de Oliveira
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Magalhães
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D066086:Health Services for Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012813:Sign Language; D063189:Symptom Assessment; D055815:Young Adult