title: [Validation and reliability study of the parent concerns about surgery questionnaire: What worries parents?]
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The study of mediating variables and psychological responses to child surgery involves the evaluation of both the patient and the parents as regards different stressors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To have a reliable and reproducible valid evaluation tool that assesses the level of paternal involvement in relation to different stressors in the setting of surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  A self-report questionnaire study was completed by 123 subjects of both sexes, subdivided into 2populations, due to their relationship with the hospital setting. The items were determined by a group of experts and analysed using the Lawshe validity index to determine a first validity of content. Subsequently, the reliability of the tool was determined by an item-re-item analysis of the 2sub-populations. A factorial analysis was performed to analyse the construct validity with the maximum likelihood and rotation of varimax type factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A questionnaire of paternal concern was offered, consisting of 21 items with a Cronbach coefficient of 0.97, giving good precision and stability. The posterior factor analysis gives an adequate validity to the questionnaire, with the determination of 10 common stressors that cover 74.08% of the common and non-common variance of the questionnaire.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The proposed questionnaire is reliable, valid and easy-to-apply and is developed to assess the level of paternal concern about the surgery of a child and to be able to apply measures and programs through the prior assessment of these elements.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Moraleja, Madrid, España. Electronic address: alberto@gironesmuriel.com.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gironés Muriel
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Moraleja, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campos Segovia
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Sanitas La Moraleja, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ríos Gómez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057566:Self Report; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative
keywords: Ansiedad paterna; Anxiety; CPPC; Child surgery; Cirugía infantil; Concern; Cuestionario; Fiabilidad; Padres; Parents; Preocupación; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validez; Validity; Variables