Validation of health and performance questionnaire for military police and firefighter (QSPM)

Authors

  • Anderson Caetano Paulo Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7410-5110
  • Cintia de Lourdes Nahhas Rodacki Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-6824
  • Hallyne Bergamini Silva Caetano Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.
  • Alexandre dos Santos Cabral Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7579-8609
  • Rodrigo Hoinatski Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.
  • Cristiano Israel Caetano Polícia Militar do Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0938-5037
  • Ciro Romelio Rodriguez-Añez Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8430-7621
  • Rogério César Fermino Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Universidade Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9028-4179

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12820/rbafs.26e0231

Keywords:

Military science, Physical fitness, Working environment, Phychological distress, Musculoskeletal pain

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop and analyze the content and construct validity and reliability of a questionnaire to assess the performance, health and working conditions of police officers and military firefighters (QSPM). Civilian and military personnel carried out the development of the QSPM. The validity was analyzed by the content validity index (CVI), factor analysis, and the reproducibility by the simple agreement (%SA), the Kappa coefficient, and Cronbach’s alpha. Nine experts participated in the content validation, 732 military personnel (15 women) participated in the construct validation, and 262 military (18% women) answered the QSPM twice to measure reproducibility. The QSPM had a CVI of 0.98. In the exploratory factorial analysis, when considering four factors, and the total explained variance was 54.7%. The reproducibility showed %SA values varying between 97.2 to 100.0%, Kappa values varying between 0.94 to 1.00 (p < 0.05 for all questions) and, Cronbach’s α values varying between 0.80 to 1.00 (p < 0.05 for all questions). In conclusion, the QSPM showed content validity, construct validity and reliability to measure the frequency of physical operational demand, the presence of morbidities, and the working conditions of police officers and firefighters.

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Author Biography

Anderson Caetano Paulo, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Física, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil.

I have experience in Physical Training, acting mainly in the subjects: strength training, sports performance, motor skills, physical fitness and cardiovascular adaptations to exercise for different populations (athletes and military). I am the leader of TFESP, the first study and research group, registered with CNPq, which deals with Science, Technology and Innovation in physical training for Military Police and Military Firefighters in Brazil.

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2021-12-08

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Paulo AC, Rodacki C de LN, Caetano HBS, Cabral A dos S, Hoinatski R, Caetano CI, et al. Validation of health and performance questionnaire for military police and firefighter (QSPM). Rev. Bras. Ativ. Fís. Saúde [Internet]. 2021 Dec. 8 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];26:1-10. Available from: https://rbafs.org.br/RBAFS/article/view/14664

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