Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (Dec 2015)

A content validity study of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS

  • Jamilly da Silva Aragão,
  • Inacia Sátiro Xavier de França,
  • Alexsandro Silva Coura,
  • Francisco Stélio de Sousa,
  • Joana D'arc Lyra Batista,
  • Isabella Medeiros de Oliveira Magalhães

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.0325.2644
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 6
pp. 1014 – 1023

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Objectives: to validate the content of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS for people with deafness Method: methodological development study, which involved 36 people with deafness and three LIBRAS specialists. The study was conducted in three stages: investigation of the signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems, referred to by people with deafness, reported in a questionnaire; video recordings of how people with deafness express, through LIBRA, the signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems; and validation of the contents of the recordings of the expressions by LIBRAS specialists. Data were processed in a spreadsheet and analyzed using univariate tables, with absolute frequencies and percentages. The validation results were analyzed using the Content Validity Index (CVI). Results: 33 expressions in LIBRAS, of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems were evaluated, and 28 expressions obtained a satisfactory CVI (1.00). Conclusions: the signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS presented validity, in the study region, for health professionals, especially nurses, for use in the clinical anamnesis of the nursing consultation for people with deafness.

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