Validação para o português da escala de conhecimento acerca do aleitamento materno

Abstract

Objective: To translate and validate the Knowledge Breastfeeding Scale into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: A methodological study of tool validation carried out in six steps: translation, back-translation, judges committee analysis, pretest, review of scores and assessment of psychometric properties. The validation process was performed with 65 postpartum women, in a joint hospital accommodation unit and in the follow-up in a primary care unit, in Western Paraná, between March and July 2018, with descriptive statistical data analysis. Results: In the assessment of psychometric properties in the pretest, a Cronbach's alpha of 0.78 was obtained and in the test-retest of 0.61. The intra-class correlation between test and retest was 0.756. The tool presented satisfactory internal consistency and perfect agreement. Conclusion: The translated version of the scale proved to be valid and viable and its use in future research will allow to complement the psychometric analyzes.