ABSTRACT
Objective:
to perform the content validation of the Nurses Global Assessment of Suicide Risk index for the Brazilian population served in primary care.
Method:
a methodological study of cultural adaptation and content evaluation of the NGASR index, original scale from the United Kingdom, carried out through the stages: evaluation of verbal comprehension by an experts committee (semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and cultural equivalence and content validity), back-translation and verification of clarity by means of a pre-test. The experts committee was composed of nine judges and the pre-test with 30 users of primary care services and 19 nurses. The Content Validation Index was calculated.
Results:
the final validated version is composed of 15 items that obtained a Content Validation Index greater than 0.78 by the experts committee and in the application of the pre-test with users and nurses.
Conclusion:
the instrument favors the performance of professional nurses in primary health care in the prevention of suicidal behavior by facilitating risk assessment and the adoption of relevant actions.
DESCRIPTORS:
Suicide; Nursing; Primary health care; Validation studies; Risk assessment; Mental health
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