Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Asthma Management.
Francisco Figueiredo Netto, Bruna Josiane de Lima, Ingrid Daiane Silva Aiello and 3 others
PMID 42788538WHAT IT FOUND
The adapted Portuguese scale for teachers' asthma confidence was usable in 143 Brazilian teachers: most found it clear and scores moved together.
It does not prove that training teachers improves child outcomes.
Key findings
01The adapted scale was tested with 143 teachers and showed high reliability.
02Most teachers found the scale clear, but one fit index was above the acceptable limit.
03Teachers with less than five years since graduation had lower self-efficacy scores than those with more experience.
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What it does not show
The 143 teachers may not represent all Brazilian teachers because regional, cultural and school infrastructure differences were not accounted for. No concurrent criterion validity was analysed because no instruments assessing the same construct were available. RMSEA was 0.176 initially and 0.090 after respecification, both above the 0.06 limit. The pre-final test used only 30 teachers from one municipality, and the final sample was recruited remotely through schools and social media.
Declared interests
This study was financed in part by CAPES (Finance Code 001).
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that teacher training improves asthma control. This study tested a scale, not an intervention, and did not report child asthma outcomes.