Avaliação Psicométrica da versão brasileira do “Questionário sobre Conhecimento de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis”

Abstract

Resumo Este estudo analisou as propriedades psicométricas da versão brasileira do Questionário sobre Conhecimento de Doenças Sexualmente Transmissíveis (STD-KQ). Participou uma amostra de conveniência de 429 estudantes de uma universidade pública brasileira. A análise fatorial exploratória sugere uma estrutura com um fator (variância explicada = 61,1%; eigenvalue = 7,2), sendo corroborada pela análise confirmatória (Root Mean Square Error of Approximation = 0,04; Comparative Fit Index = 0,91; Tucker-Lewis Index = 0,90; Standardized Root Mean Square Residual = 0,05). Cinco itens apresentaram carga menor que 0,30 e por isso foram excluídos. O instrumento demonstrou consistência interna (confiabilidade composta = 0,97; alfa de Cronbach = 0,83) e estabilidade temporal (correlação de Pearson = 0, 86; kappa = 0,16) para um curto período. O conhecimento significativamente variou conforme a idade, o sexo e o curso. Concluindo, o presente estudo destaca as satisfatórias propriedades psicométricas da versão brasileira do STD-KQ em estudantes universitários.

Gender implications in sex education, knowledge, and vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections of healthcare students

“…The present study found that healthcare students had sufficient knowledge about STIs. The average number of correct answers was higher compared to the first Brazilian study that validated the instrument (Teixeira et al, 2019). Unlike other studies (Fonte et al, 2018;Teixeira et al, 2019;Pereira & Carmo, 2014), women ended up answering more questions than the men did.…”

“…The questionnaire was adapted according to the particularities of each population evaluated (Saad et al, 2012;Pourmazi & Sharami, 2017). This study used the STD-KQ recently validated in Brazil by Teixeira and collaborators (Teixeira et al, 2015;Teixeira et al, 2019). The questionnaire consists of 23 questions, which are answerable by "true," "false," or "I don't know.…”

“…In Brazil, university students' risky sexual behavior and knowledge about STIs have been reported by several groups (Fonte et al, 2018;Nascimento et al, 2018;Spindola et al, 2020), since they can still get STIs despite having increased access to information about sexual health (Teixeira et al, 2019). Therefore, the analysis of the approach to sex education prior to entry into the academic environment and during university education and its association with knowledge about STIs must be highlighted because it provides an opportunity to determine which measures of health education are necessary to avoid possible sexual health risks and promotes the implementation of this subject in the various undergraduate year levels as an act of humanization of health issues.…”

Evaluation of the Knowledge of University Students in the Health Area About Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…A free and informed consent form with the clarifications was obtained before applying the questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese from the original English version (5) of the STD-KQ - Sexually Transmitted Disease Knowledge Questionnaire scale (6). An item about lambskin condom was removed from the instrument since this material is not found in Brazil.…”

Evaluation of the knowledge of university students in the health area about sexually transmitted infections: A cross-sectional study

“…A free and informed consent form with the clarifications was obtained before applying the questionnaire. The questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese from the original English version (Jaworski & Carey, 2007) of the STD-KQ -Sexually Transmitted Disease Knowledge Questionnaire scale (Teixeira et al, 2019). An item about lambskin condom was removed from the instrument since this material is not found in Brazil.…”