Trevisol Fabiana Schuelter, Nunes Rodrigo Dias, Parma Gabriel Oscar Cremona, Manoel André Luciano, Zapelini Clávison Martinelli, Trevisol Daisson José, Traebert Jefferson
Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina - Palhoça (SC), Brazil.
School of Medicine, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina - Tubarão (SC), Brazil.
Rev Bras Epidemiol. 2020 Jun 5;23:e200054. doi: 10.1590/1980-549720200054. eCollection 2020.
To verify the internal construct validity of the Brazilian Portuguese version of a tool for measuring the general population's knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV).
A cross-culturally adapted Brazilian Portuguese version of a measurement tool originally designed for English speaking populations was administered to 330 adults in Tubarão, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. After examining the overall suitability of the method, we performed investigations based on the item response theory and exploratory factor analysis.
Ten of the 29 items presented a low contribution to the construct and were excluded from subsequent analysis. The factor analysis yielded three factors, which explained approximately 51% of the variance variability. A different arrangement from the original measurement tool was found: general HPV knowledge, with six items; HPV vaccination knowledge, with five items; HPV transmission and testing knowledge, with eight items.
The Brazilian Portuguese version under study presented a different behavior from the original measurement tool, but proved to be a reliable and valid instrument in assessing the Brazilian population's knowledge about HPV.
验证用于测量普通人群人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）知识的巴西葡萄牙语版工具的内部结构效度。
对巴西南部圣卡塔琳娜州图巴朗市的330名成年人使用了一种最初为讲英语人群设计的测量工具的跨文化适应巴西葡萄牙语版。在检查该方法的整体适用性后，我们基于项目反应理论和探索性因素分析进行了调查。
29个项目中的10个对该结构的贡献较低，被排除在后续分析之外。因素分析产生了三个因素，解释了约51%的方差变异。发现了与原始测量工具不同的排列方式：一般HPV知识，有6个项目；HPV疫苗接种知识，有5个项目；HPV传播和检测知识，有8个项目。
所研究的巴西葡萄牙语版呈现出与原始测量工具不同的表现，但在评估巴西人群对HPV的知识方面被证明是一种可靠且有效的工具。
