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- Title
Validación de un cuestionario de conocimientos acerca del asma aplicado a maestros de educación primaria de Monterrey, México.
- Authors
Díaz, Sandra Nora González; Cruz, Alfredo Arias; González, Arya Yannel González; Berumen, José Alfredo Félix; Weinmann, Alejandra Macías
- Abstract
Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic childhood diseases; is increasing in prevalence and an important cause of school absenteeism. Previous studies have failed to evaluate knowledge about asthma among elementary school teachers worldwide because of the lack of validated questionnaires. Objective: To validate a questionnaire about asthma knowledge for elementary school teachers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. Material and methods: An observational, cross sectional, descriptive study, from February to December 2004, by applying a questionnaire to a group of elementary school teachers in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The questionnaire is a translation and adaptation to the questionnaire of 13 questions used to assess the knowledge about asthma among parents, according to the National Asthma Education Program of US. Results: A total of 179 questionnaires were applied, in which 6 of the 13 questions were answered correctly by more than 90% of the teachers. The internal consistency reliability was adequate with a Cronbach a coefficient of 0.75. Conclusions: In order to obtain reliable data using questionnaires, these must undergo a validation process. Our questionnaire got validation because of the reliability shown according to the internal consistency analysis.
- Subjects
MONTERREY (Mexico); MEXICO; ASTHMA risk factors; ELEMENTARY school teachers; TEACHER evaluation; FOREIGN aid to education; QUESTIONNAIRES -- Data processing
- Publication
Revista Alergia de Mexico, 2010, Vol 57, Issue 2, p44
- ISSN
0002-5151
- Publication type
Article