Creación y validación de un instrumento para cuantificar actitudes, conocimientos y dificultades en el abordaje de los problemas sociales
- Rafael Jiménez-Alés
- Raquel Páez-González
- María Llanos de la Torre-Quiralte
- María Luisa Poch-Olivé
- Nisa Boukichou-Abdelkader
- Eva María Andrés Esteban
ISSN: 1695-4033, 1696-4608
Año de publicación: 2023
Volumen: 98
Número: 6
Páginas: 418-426
Tipo: Artículo
Otras publicaciones en: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP )
Resumen
Objectives The aim of the study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to assess attitudes, knowledge and difficulties in the management of social problems by paediatric care providers. Methods The development of the tool started with a conceptualization phase, followed by the design, pilot testing and psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire based on the responses obtained from 407 professionals. We performed exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to assess the construct validity of the questionnaire. We used the normed fit index (NFI), the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA), the χ2 test and the comparative fit index (CFI) to test the goodness of fit. We assessed reliability through the Cronbach's α coefficient of internal consistency. All quantitative analyses were performed with the Stata/SE software, version 16.1. Results The EFA identified 12 factors. All factors exhibited a good internal consistency (Cronbach's α, .8434). The CFA showed the model was a good fit (RMSEA = .037). The NAI and CAI values were .742 and .797, respectively. Conclusions This questionnaire comprising 138 items distributed in 12 factors is a reliable and valid instrument to analyse the attitudes, knowledge and difficulties in the approach to social problems in children by paediatricians, which will allow the design of interventions according to the needs and deficiencies identified through it.