CONTENT VALIDATION FOR THE BRAZILIAN VERSION OF THE NURSES GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF SUICIDE RISK INDEX

• Author(s): Veloso,Lorena Uchoa Portela ; Monteiro,Claudete Ferreira de Souza ; Santos,José Carlos
• Date: 2021
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Suicide; Nursing; Primary health care; Validation studies; Risk assessment; Mental health
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

ABSTRACT Objective: to perform the content validation of the Nurses Global Assessment of Suicide Risk index for the Brazilian population served in primary care. Method: a methodological study of cultural adaptation and content evaluation of the NGASR index, original scale from the United Kingdom, carried out through the stages: evaluation of verbal comprehension by an experts committee (semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and cultural equivalence and content validity), back-translation and verification of clarity by means of a pre-test. The experts committee was composed of nine judges and the pre-test with 30 users of primary care services and 19 nurses. The Content Validation Index was calculated. Results: the final validated version is composed of 15 items that obtained a Content Validation Index greater than 0.78 by the experts committee and in the application of the pre-test with users and nurses. Conclusion: the instrument favors the performance of professional nurses in primary health care in the prevention of suicidal behavior by facilitating risk assessment and the adoption of relevant actions.