Transcultural adaptation and validation of the instrument Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (PHLAT)

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to perform the translation, cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the instrument Parental Health Literacy Activities Test (PHLAT), which assesses health literacy for caregivers/family members seeking care for their children under one year old in the primary care unit. Methodological, quantitative, validation and cross-cultural instrument adaptation study, following the steps of translation, back-translation, judges committee analysis, application of statistical tests to evaluate psychometric properties, obtaining its version for Brazilian Portuguese. The pretest was performed with 31 family members and test/restest with 93, in primary care units in the municipality of Western Paraná, in 2018 and 2019. Inferential statistical analysis was applied to verify the validity and reliability of the instrument. On the content validity of the judges committee, a 100% agreement rate was obtained. The data in the pretest phase presented Cronbach’s alpha of 0.73, and the test/retest of 0.69. The reliability assessment by the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.865, considered substantial. The instrument was considered adequate for its cultural adaptation and validated for Brazilian Portuguese, reliable for application between caregivers/family members.