Questionnaire to assess the knowledge of health professionals about the leisure physical activities of pregnant women

Resumen

The purpose of this study was to describe the construction, validation, reproducibility, classification and ways to use the Questionnaire for Assessment of Health Professionals’ Knowledge of Leisure Physical Activities in Pregnant Women, denominated QCAF-PROFI | LG. This is an operations study aimed at innovation as a result of knowledge produced in the SUS + Active Project. The QCAF-PROFI | LG was created with three dimensions, six indicators and 14 previously validated questions from the Questionnaire for Assessment of Interventions Promoting Physical Activity in Primary Health Care (AIPAF | ABS). Face validity and content, based on the AIPAF | ABS, showed good adaptation of the writing / language of the questions (mean 2.5; maximum score = 3.0), response scale adequacy (mean 2.5; maximum = 3.0) and overall assessment of the quality questionnaire (mean 3.6; maximum score = 4). With respect to reproducibility of the QCAF-PROFI | LG, mean values of 0.55 (Spearman's rho = 0.29 to 0.81; professional knowledge dimension), 0.76 (sociodemographic dimension) and 1.00 (initial training dimension) were obtained. The questionnaire provides two processes for data production and interpretation, resulting in eight measures with scores and categorical metrics for verified and perceived levels of knowledge about the leisure physical activities of pregnant women (LPAPW). The QCAF-PROFI | LG exhibited satisfactory "test-retest" reproducibility and validity, and may be useful in women's health and for the development of a line of research on physical activity and maternal and child health.