Validation of the Family Integration Experience Scale: Chronic Illness for the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil.
Carolliny Rossi de Faria Ichikawa, Regina Szylit
PMID 39319887WHAT IT FOUND
The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Family Integration Experience Scale for chronic illness is valid and reliable for assessing families of children with long-term conditions.
Nurses can use it to identify family vulnerability and plan care, though it was tested only in one outpatient clinic.
Key findings
01The adapted scale demonstrated adequate internal consistency with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.81.
02Test-retest reliability was strong, with an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient of 0.998 after four weeks.
03The scale's factor structure showed acceptable fit indices, supporting its construct validity for the two-factor model.
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What it does not show
The study was conducted in a single public teaching hospital in São Paulo, limiting generalizability to other regions or healthcare settings in Brazil. The sample was determined by convenience rather than random selection. Data collection occurred in a busy outpatient clinic, where interruptions and external stimuli may have affected participant concentration. The reliability of Factor 2 (positive integration) was lower (alpha 0.60) compared to Factor 1 (alpha 0.81).
Declared interests
The study received ethical approval from the University of São Paulo’s College of Nursing. No specific funding sources or commercial conflicts of interest were declared in the provided text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume this scale is validated for use with families of adults or elderly patients with chronic conditions. It was tested only with families of children and adolescents up to age 19.