Post-Graduation Programme in Rehabilitation Sciences, Centro Universitário Augusto Motta (UNISUAM), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Instituto Nacional do Câncer José Gomes de Alencar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Oct 25;103(43):e40147. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000040147.
Given the need to measure parents' perceptions of their children's exposure to tobacco smoke, the Parental Perceptions of Children's Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (PPE) instrument was developed and validated in Hebrew and later translated into English and Portuguese. The PPE has already been translated and adapted to the Brazilian context but a more robust sample is necessary to investigate the measurement properties. Thus, this study evaluated the measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the PPE instrument. Reliability and validity study were conducted with 161 parents with children up to 18 years of age. Perception of parental smoking status was investigated using analysis of variance. The instrument showed excellent reliability (Cronbach α = 0.92 and intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.91). The exploratory factor analysis identified 4 factors with a total accumulated variance of 71.6%. Confirmatory factor analysis validated this structure with 4 factors. It was necessary to exclude a question that presented low commonality. Analysis of variance demonstrated that nonsmoking and former smoking parents have similar scores, although they are higher than those of current smokers. Our findings provide evidence that the PPE version translated and adapted for the Brazilian context is a reliable and valid instrument. Thus, it can help us understand how parents cope with exposure to tobacco smoke.
鉴于需要衡量父母对子女接触烟草烟雾的看法，开发并验证了《父母对儿童接触烟草烟雾的看法》（PPE）量表，该量表最初以希伯来语形式呈现，后来被翻译为英语和葡萄牙语。PPE 已经被翻译成葡萄牙语并适用于巴西国情，但需要更大的样本量来研究其测量特性。因此，本研究评估了 PPE 量表的巴西版本的测量特性。该研究对 161 名 18 岁以下儿童的父母进行了可靠性和有效性研究。使用方差分析来研究父母对吸烟状况的看法。该量表的信度非常高（Cronbach α = 0.92，组内相关系数 = 0.91）。探索性因子分析确定了 4 个因子，总累积方差为 71.6%。验证性因子分析验证了这一结构有 4 个因子。有一个问题的共性较低，需要将其排除。方差分析表明，不吸烟和曾经吸烟的父母的得分相似，尽管他们的得分高于当前吸烟者。我们的研究结果表明，为巴西国情翻译和改编的 PPE 版本是一个可靠且有效的工具。因此，它可以帮助我们了解父母如何应对接触烟草烟雾的问题。
