Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Quality of Life in School para analise da qualidade de vida na escola

• Published in: Ciência & saude coletiva 2024-05, Vol.29 (5), p.1
• Main Authors: Leite, Carina Raffs, Diego Andrade, Rubian, Daronco, Luciane Sanchotene Etchepare, Felden, Erico Pereira Gomes
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Subjects: Analysis; Elementary school students; Surveys
• ISSN: 1413-8123
• DOI: 10.1590/1413-81232024295.16892022

The school is fundamental for the development of societies and caring for the student is part of the educational process. Reflections on collective health allowed the expansion of the vision of the concept of quality of life considering different social spaces and indicators. Thus, the aim of this study was to assess of some psychometric Properties of the Quality of Life in School instrument into Brazilian Portuguese (QoLS-BR) among elementary school students. The processes of translation, content evaluation, focus group and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were carried out. Reproducibility analysis was performed by administering QoLS-BR to 30 students. The sample used for Internal Consistency and CFA comprised 434 students with a mean age of 12.31 years. High indices of language clarity, practical relevance, theoretical relevance, internal consistency, and reproducibility were obtained. In the AFC, adjustments were not necessary in the QoLS-BR model with four factors (RMSEA=0.065; TLI=0.959; CFI=0.962; SRMR=0.080) indicating that the indices were adequate when investigating all four domains. QoLS-BR has adequate psychometric indicators for investigating the quality of life in school. Key words Quality of life, Schoolchildren, Psychometrics A escola e fundamental para o desenvolvimento das sociedades e o cuidado com o estudante faz parte do processo educativo. As discussoes em saude coletiva permitiram a ampliacao da visao do conceito de qualidade de vida considerando diferentes espacos sociais e indicadores. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo foi a avaliacao de algumas propriedades psicometricas do questionario de qualidade de vida na escola para o portugues brasileiro (QoLS-BR) em alunos do ensino fundamental. Foram realizados os processos de traducao, avaliacao do conteudo, grupo focal e Analise Fatorial Confirmatoria (AFC). A analise de reprodutibilidade foi realizada por meio da aplicacao do QoLS-BR em amostra de 30 estudantes. Para a analise de Consistencia Interna e AFC, a amostra foi de 434 estudantes, com media de idade de 12,31 anos. Os resultados revelaram altos indices de clareza de linguagem, pertinencia pratica, relevancia teorica, altos indices de consistencia interna e de reprodutibilidade. Na AFC nao foram necessarios ajustes no modelo do QoLS com quatro fatores (RMSEA=0,065; TLI=0,959; CFI=0,962; SRMR=0,080) indicando que os indices estavam adequados. Assim, o QoLS-BR possui indicadores psicometricos adequados para investigacao do construto