title: Validity and reliability of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the validity and reliability of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution for nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  This methodological study was conducted with 121 nurses from health care facilities in Sao Paulo's countryside, who were represented by two high-complexity and by three average-complexity health care facilities. Internal consistency was calculated using Cronbach's alpha and stability was calculated by the intraclass correlation coefficient, through test-retest. Convergent, discriminant, and known-groups construct validity techniques were conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The questionnaire was found to be reliable (Cronbach's alpha: 0.80; intraclass correlation coefficient: (0.97) In regards to the convergent and discriminant construct validity, strong correlation was found between compliance to standard precautions, the perception of a safe environment, and the smaller perception of obstacles to follow such precautions (r = 0.614 and r = 0.537, respectively). The nurses who were trained on the standard precautions and worked on the health care facilities of higher complexity were shown to comply more (p = 0.028 and p = 0.006, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Brazilian version of the Questionnaire for Compliance with Standard Precaution was shown to be valid and reliable. Further investigation must be conducted with nurse samples that are more representative of the Brazilian reality. The use of the questionnaire may support the creation of educational measures considering the possible gaps that can be identified, focusing on the workers' health and on the patients' safety.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Centro Universitário da Fundação de Ensino Octávio Bastos, São João da Boa Vista, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marília Duarte
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Valim
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Helena Palucci
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Marziale
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Fundamental, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Miyeko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashida
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Ludmilla Rossi
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Social, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jair Lício Ferreira
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D016635:Universal Precautions / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation; D055815:Young Adult