title: [Adherence to best care practices in normal birth: construction and validation of an instrument].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the stages of construction and validation of an instrument in order to analyze the adherence to best care practices during labour and birth.
  
  
  METHODS
  Methodological research, carried out in three steps: construction of dimensions and items, face and content validity and semantic analysis of the items.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The face and content validity was carried out by 10 judges working in healthcare, teaching and research. Items with Content Validity Index (CVI) ≥ 0.9 were kept in full or undergone revisions as suggested by the judges. Semantic analysis, performed twice, indicated that there was no difficulty in understanding the items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The instrument with three dimensions (organization of healthcare network to pregnancy and childbirth, evidence-based practices and work processes) followed the steps recommended in the literature, concluded with 50 items and total CVI of 0.98.
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Distrito Federal, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós- Graduação Stricto Senso em Ciências para a Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Elisabete Mesquita Peres de
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Distrito Federal, Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós- Graduação Stricto Senso em Ciências para a Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leila Bernarda Donato
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Göttems
authors.affiliation: Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Departamento de Enfermagem, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Raquel Gomes Maia
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Pires
mesh_terms: D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires