Knowledge of healthcare professionals on vaccinations for pregnant women: elaboration and validation of instrument content

Abstract

Introduction: The role of healthcare professionals is crucial in providing vaccination information and reassuring pregnant women about the safety and benefits of immunization for mothers and children. The lack of immunobiological recommendation may be associated with difficulties in clinical indication and contraindication, management of side effects and adverse reactions to immunobiologicals, and lack of professional training. Additionally, the lack of measuring instruments for healthcare in the vaccination room is the rationale behind the elaboration and validation of tools for this purpose. Objective: To elaborate and validate the content and layout of an instrument that evaluates the knowledge of healthcare professionals on vaccinations for pregnant women. Materials and Methods: A methodological study was conducted for the elaboration of a measuring instrument. The Delphi Technique was used to validate the content and layout of the elements. The Content Validity Index (CVI) and the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) were used to calculate the degree of agreement between raters. To get the instrument score, in addition to the items of the evaluation of knowledge, a scoring criteria scale was also sent to the raters to evaluate the knowledge of the professionals based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Health on vaccinations for pregnant women. Results: All the items of the instrument obtained a variable CVI between 90% and 100% and a CVR between 0.7 and 1.0, confirming the validity of the content. Discussion and Conclusions: The instrument showed a satisfactory content validity index, which can be used to evaluate the knowledge about vaccinations for pregnant women.

Como citar este artigo: Siqueira JP, Guimarães EAA, Oliveira VJ, Gontijo TL, Quites HFO, Amaral GG, et al. Conhecimento dos profissionais de saúde acerca da vacinação em gestantes: construção e validação de conteúdo de um instrumento. Rev Cuid. 2020; 11(1): e872. http://dx.doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.872