Cross-cultural validation of ImpRes-Tool-BR: a tool for project development and implementation research

Author(s)

Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel ^[1] ; Leidy Janeth Erazo Chavez ^[2] ; Nikolaos Sevdalis ^[3] ; Ioannis Bakolis ^[4] ; Louise Mary Hull ^[5] ; Rosana Teresa Onocko Campos ^[6]

Affiliation

^[1] Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Enfermagem (EE). Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica (ENP) - Brasil

^[2] Universidade Federal do Maranhão (UFMA). Programa de Pós-graduação em Saúde Coletiva (PPGSC) - Brasil

^[3] King’s College de Londres. Centre for Implementation Science. Health Service and Population Research Department - Inglaterra

^[4] King’s College de Londres. Centre for Implementation Science. Health Service and Population Research Department - Inglaterra

^[5] King’s College de Londres. Centre for Implementation Science. Health Service and Population Research Department - Inglaterra

^[6] Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp). Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM). Departamento de Saúde Coletiva (DSC) - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Saúde debate; v. 48, n. 141 2024-07-15.

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study aims to present the results of the translation, cross-cultural validation and preliminary evaluation of a tool, originally developed in the United Kingdom, to guide Brazilian researchers in the elaboration of projects and rigorous and high-quality implementation research: ImpRes-BR. Following currently established good practices for cross-cultural validation of instruments and scales, the tool, together with its user guide, was translated and back-translated, subjected to a pilot test with 20 health professionals and evaluated by a panel of 10 specialists who assigned the values used for the calculations of the Content Validity Index at the item level (CVI-I) and scale (CVI-E). In this process, in addition to conceptual validity indices greater than 90%, an IVC-I of at least 0.90 was observed in all domains of the tool and its guide, and an IVC-E of 0.98. Having established the validity of the tool and its guide, it was applied in 14 research projects in the planning or execution phase and was recognized as a powerful instrument for self-analysis of the teams in the qualification of their projects and strengthening them in relation to the principles of the Implementation Science. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 20/14309-7 - Cross-cultural validation, dissemination and evaluation of the use of a tool to improve the quality of implementation research projects: ImpRes Tool-BR
• Grantee: Carlos Alberto dos Santos Treichel
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral