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Content validity of the Geriatric Health Assessment Instrument.

OBJECTIVE: Assess the content validity of the Elderly Health Assessment Tool with low education.

METHODS: The data collection instrument/questionnaire was prepared and submitted to an expert panel comprising four healthcare professionals experienced in research on epidemiology of aging. The experts were allowed to suggest item inclusion/exclusion and were asked to rate the ability of individual items in questionnaire blocks to encompass target dimensions as "not valid", "somewhat valid" or "valid", using an interval scale. Percent agreement and the Content Validity Index were used as measurements of inter-rater agreement; the minimum acceptable inter-rater agreement was set at 80%.

RESULTS: The mean instrument percent agreement rate was 86%, ranging from 63 to 99%, and from 50 to 100% between and within blocks respectively. The Mean Content Validity Index score was 93.47%, ranging from 50 to 100% between individual items.

CONCLUSION: The instrument showed acceptable psychometric properties for application in geriatric populations with low levels of education. It enabled identifying diseases and assisted in choice of strategies related to health of the elderly.

OBJETIVO: Avaliar a validade de conteúdo do Instrumento de Avaliação da Saúde do Idoso com baixa escolaridade.

MÉTODOS: Após a elaboração do instrumento de coleta de dados, o questionário foi submetido à avaliação de um comitê de especialistas, formado por quatro profissionais da área da saúde com experiência em pesquisas da epidemiologia do envelhecimento. Os especialistas puderam sugerir questões a serem incluídas/excluídas do instrumento, e avaliar cada bloco do questionário, observando se as dimensões a serem avaliadas foram abrangidas pelos itens do instrumento, em escala intervalar, como "não válida", "pouco válida" e "válida". Como medidas para avaliar o grau de concordância do instrumento, foram utilizados o porcentual de concordância e o Índice de Validade de Conteúdo. Considerou-se uma taxa aceitável de concordância o valor de 80%.

RESULTADOS: O instrumento apresentou taxa média de concordância de 86%, variando, dentre os blocos, de 63 a 99% e, dentre os itens, de 50 a 100%. O Índice de Validade de Conteúdo apresentou escore médio de 93,47% e, dentre os itens do questionário, de 50 a 100%.

CONCLUSÃO: O instrumento apresentou qualidades psicométricas aceitáveis para ser utilizado entre a população de idosos com baixa escolaridade, permitindo a identificação dos agravos e auxiliando na escolha de estratégias, no que diz respeito à saúde do idoso.

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