Evaluation of the measurement properties of the parental perceptions of children's exposure to tobacco smoke instrument translated and adapted to the Brazilian context.

ABSTRACT: Given the need to measure parents' perceptions of their children's exposure to tobacco smoke, the Parental Perceptions of Children's Exposure to Tobacco Smoke (PPE) instrument was developed and validated in Hebrew and later translated into English and Portuguese. The PPE has already been translated and adapted to the Brazilian context but a more robust sample is necessary to investigate the measurement properties. Thus, this study evaluated the measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the PPE instrument. Reliability and validity study were conducted with 161 parents with children up to 18 years of age. Perception of parental smoking status was investigated using analysis of variance. The instrument showed excellent reliability (Cronbach α = 0.92 and intraclass correlation coeffic

SUBMITTER: Tavares MAS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521034 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature