Change perceptions of lifestyle of social distance: preliminary validity of questionnaire

Abstract

The objectives were: 1) to present the questionnaire “Perception of Changes in Lifestyle During Social Distance Period” (PERMEV), designed for application in adults; 2) to estimate the face and content validity, and reproducibility. Forty questions were created, grouped into the following domains: Food, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Sleep, Stress Control, Relationships, Preventive Behaviors and Behaviors during the pandemic. Specialists in the health area performed the judgment of the adequacy and relevance of the content of the questions. Subsequently, the instrument was restructured and submitted to clarity validity analysis by workers and students from higher education institutions. Then, the reproducibility analysis was performed with the application of the test and retest with an interval of 15 to 30 days and the Kappa coefficient (K) was used for data agreement. The level of statistical significance adopted was 5%. Total of 75 specialists participated in the face and content validation, and the mean values of adequacy was 89.3% and relevance was 89.7%. Clarity validity was 90.2%. Eighty-three students and workers from Brazilian higher education institutions participated in reproducibility, and the level of agreement ranged from K from 0.182 to 0.584. Concluded that the PERMEV questionnaire had excellent face and content validity and clarity (≥90%), as well as the reproducibility level was reasonable to assess changes in adult lifestyle during social distance period, for example, the COVID-19 pandemic.