ReviewRevista de saude publica2021
What, what for and how? Developing measurement instruments in epidemiology.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Assessment of the Mental Health of Police Officers: A Systematic Review of Specific Instruments.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Quality of the adaptation procedures and psychometric properties of the scale of oral health outcomes for 5-year-old children (SOHO-5): a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Psychometric evidence for assessing early childhood development in Brazil: the Child Development Diagnostic Form in the Criança Feliz Program.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Development and validation of a tool assessing adherence to warfarin therapy (TAAW) by Brazilian patients.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Article
- Reporting of ethical aspects in validation studies conducted in Peru.BMC medical ethics · 2026Article
- Refining Scale Measurement: Reassessing Oral Impacts on Daily Performances Properties With Item Response Theory.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2026Article
- Guttman error graphs: a visual approach to scalability analysis.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- Dimensional structure and internal consistency of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Mistreatment of Women during Childbirth Questionnaire.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Development, content validity, and reliability of an instrument to assess the commercialization of food and beverages in school canteens in Brazil.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Validation of the Swedish version of HLS19-Q12: a measurement for general health literacy.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Validation of the Perceived Barriers to Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence (PEDIA) Scale Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men and Transgender and Nonbinary Persons: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2025Article
- [Development of a prototype instrument to assess women's culinary autonomy].Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
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- Inventory of ethical problems in mobile pre-hospital care.Revista brasileira de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the Intersectional Discrimination Index for use in Brazil.Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Factorial invariance of the abridged version of the Explicit Discrimination Scale among adults living in southern Brazil.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2024Article
- Validity and reliability of the Perceived Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS-P) for use in Brazil.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
The development and cross-cultural adaptation of measurement instruments have received less attention in methodological discussions, even though it is essential for epidemiological research. At the same time, the quality of epidemiological measurements is often below ideal standards for the construction of solid knowledge on the health-disease process. The scarcity of systematizations in the field about what, what for, and how to adequately measure intangible constructs contributes to this scenario. In this review, we propose a procedural model divided into phases and stages aimed at measuring constructs at acceptable levels of validity, reliability, and comparability. Underlying our proposal is the idea that not only some but several connected studies should be conducted to obtain appropriate measurement instruments. Implementing the model may contribute to broadening the interest in measurement instruments and, especially, addressing key epidemiological problems.
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