Jaqueline D C Horvath1, Natália L Kops2, Juliana Caierão3, Marina Bessel2, Glaucia Hohenberger2, Eliana M Wendland4. 1. Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: Jaqueline.horvath@hmv.org.br. 2. Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 3. Analisys Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. 4. Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Community Health Department, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to adapt a questionnaire about the knowledge, beliefs and behaviors regarding HPV and related subjects into Brazilian Portuguese. STUDY DESIGN: National Survey. METHODS: The instrument was translated into Portuguese and retranslated into English separately. Experts assessed the validity of the content and cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument. The instrument was administered to 8580 male and female Brazilian adolescents and young adults (aged between 16 and 25 years) who participated in the National Survey of Human Papillomavirus Prevalence (POP-Brazil). This large-scale survey enrolled participants from 26 Brazilian capitals and the Federal District. RESULTS: The full questionnaire is composed of 30 questions, with a good absolute agreement between its two halves (61.16 ± 9.97). The preventive behavior section showed the lowest agreement. Men and women showed a difference concerning their knowledge about HPV (score for men 0.48 (± 8.93) vs. women 0.55 (± 4.51), p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The proposed questionnaire is the first instrument able to describe the knowledge, beliefs and behaviors regarding HPV and related subjects in Brazilian women and men. This questionnaire appears to be adequate for use in future studies that may produce evidence and knowledge on these specific topics.
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to adapt a questionnaire about the knowledge, beliefs and behaviors regarding HPV and related subjects into Brazilian Portuguese. STUDY DESIGN: National Survey. METHODS: The instrument was translated into Portuguese and retranslated into English separately. Experts assessed the validity of the content and cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument. The instrument was administered to 8580 male and female Brazilian adolescents and young adults (aged between 16 and 25 years) who participated in the National Survey of Human Papillomavirus Prevalence (POP-Brazil). This large-scale survey enrolled participants from 26 Brazilian capitals and the Federal District. RESULTS: The full questionnaire is composed of 30 questions, with a good absolute agreement between its two halves (61.16 ± 9.97). The preventive behavior section showed the lowest agreement. Men and women showed a difference concerning their knowledge about HPV (score for men 0.48 (± 8.93) vs. women 0.55 (± 4.51), p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The proposed questionnaire is the first instrument able to describe the knowledge, beliefs and behaviors regarding HPV and related subjects in Brazilian women and men. This questionnaire appears to be adequate for use in future studies that may produce evidence and knowledge on these specific topics.
Authors: Marcelo Grossi Araújo; Geraldo Magela Magalhães; Lucas Campos Garcia; Érica Cristina Vieira; Maria de Lourdes Ribeiro de Carvalho-Leite; Antônio Carlos Martins Guedes Journal: An Bras Dermatol Date: 2021-02-16 Impact factor: 1.896