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Content Validity By Expert Judgment Of An Instrument To Measure Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices About Salt Consumption In The Peruvian Population, Jenny R. Torres-Malca, Víctor J. Vera-Ponce, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Jesús E. Talavera, Jhony A. De La Cruz-Vargas
Content Validity By Expert Judgment Of An Instrument To Measure Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices About Salt Consumption In The Peruvian Population, Jenny R. Torres-Malca, Víctor J. Vera-Ponce, Fiorella E. Zuzunaga-Montoya, Jesús E. Talavera, Jhony A. De La Cruz-Vargas
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Introduction: Given the high consumption of salt in the population, the need arises to have a validated tool that measures the knowledge, attitudes and practices of salt consumption (CAP-salt). Objective: To validate the questionnaire on CAP-salt. Methods: Psychometric study of content validity through expert judgment. A total of 5 physicians from different specialties were counted. To calculate the degree of agreement between the expert judges, Aiken's V was used. As a decision criterion to keep an item, a value ≥ 0.7 was considered. Results: In relation to clarity, V values greater than 0.80 were presented, in addition to a variation …
Current Status Of General Resources And Operation Of Pediatric Emergency Departments Of Latin American Public Hospitals (Study Rfsepla), Liliana Cáceres, Anabella Boto, Sandra Cagnasia, Laura Galvis, Pedro Rino, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Carlos Luaces
Current Status Of General Resources And Operation Of Pediatric Emergency Departments Of Latin American Public Hospitals (Study Rfsepla), Liliana Cáceres, Anabella Boto, Sandra Cagnasia, Laura Galvis, Pedro Rino, Adriana Yock-Corrales, Carlos Luaces
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Introduction: To improve the quality of care in Pediatric Emergency Services (SEP) it is essential to carry out measurements and surveys. Purpose: Describe the resources and operation of the SEPs of public hospitals in Latin America. Methods: Descriptive, quantitative and retrospective study. Survey conducted in SEP of Latin American hospitals with public funding and with PICU (2019). Data processed by REDcap and InfoStat programs. Continuous variables are presented as medians and ranges; categorical variables as percentages; productivity / resource ratios as a ratio. Univariate analysis was performed. Results: Of 371 services in 17 countries, 107 (28.8%) answered the survey; 102 …