Confirmatory factor analysis of the Questionnaire on the Health Staff’s Perceptions Regarding Doutores da Alegria’s Interventions

A confirmatory analysis was performed to validate the Questionnaire on the Health Staff’s Perceptions Regarding Doutores da Alegria’s Intervention, a 40-item instrument designed to assess pediatric staff’s perceptions regarding the effects of Doutores da Alegria, a Brazilian hospital clowning profes...

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Published in:Journal of health psychology 2019-02, Vol.24 (2), p.166-174
Main Authors: Masetti, Morgana, Caires, Susana, Brandão, Daniel, Vieira, Diana Aguiar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude of Health Personnel
Brazil
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Clowning
Confirmatory factor analysis
Developing Countries
Discriminant analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Family relations
Female
Hospitals
Hospitals, Pediatric
Hospitals, Public
Humans
Infant
Intervention
Male
Medical personnel
Perceptions
Play and Playthings
Professional-Family Relations
Professional-Patient Relations
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
Questionnaires
Social Environment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wit and Humor as Topic
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Summary:A confirmatory analysis was performed to validate the Questionnaire on the Health Staff’s Perceptions Regarding Doutores da Alegria’s Intervention, a 40-item instrument designed to assess pediatric staff’s perceptions regarding the effects of Doutores da Alegria, a Brazilian hospital clowning professional organization. Eight dimensions were evaluated: the permanence of Doutores da Alegria’s interventions; Doutores da Alegria’s intrapersonal and interpersonal effects on their relation to health staff; themselves; staff–children; and staff–family relationships; as well as their effect on staff’s cultural development; children’s relation to their own disease; and families’ attitude regarding their child’s condition. In all, 567 health professionals from 13 Brazilian hospitals participated. The instrument’s good psychometric features are acknowledged.
ISSN:1359-1053
1461-7277
DOI:10.1177/1359105316650274