[Construcción y Validación de un Instrumento Sobre el Uso de Anticonceptivos Hormonales OralesConstruction and Validation of Instrument on the use of Oral Contraceptive].

INTRODUCTION

Oral hormonal contraceptives are among the contraceptive methods most used by wom- en, when used correctly, it is highly effective, but for proper use, it is essential that they have adequate knowledge and attitudes about them.

OBJECTIVE

To build and validate an inquiry to assess knowledge, attitudes and practice on or use of oral hormonal contraceptive.

METHODS

Methodological study, which took place in two stages: construction of the survey and validation by expert judges. The content validity analysis was performed using the Content Validity Index (CVI). The judges evaluated each item individ- ually, with respect to language clarity, practical relevance and theoretical relevance. The Research Ethics Committee approved the research.

RESULTS

In the integrative literature review, 34 publications were selected and their analysis allowed the identification of the three categories: knowledge, attitudes and practice regarding the use of oral hormonal contraceptives, which led to the construction of the survey with 34 questions. As for the CVI, most of the questions had a value greater than 0.8 (80.0%), which was used as a parameter. Regarding the total CVI per judge, 10 (83.3%) of them also had a value higher than 0.8. The total CVI of the survey was 0.86.

CONCLUSIONS

The constructed survey proved to be a valid instrument for obtaining a situational diagnosis of the levels of knowledge, attitudes and practice of a given population that uses oral contraceptives.