Estudo de fidedignidade inter-avaliadores de uma escala para a avaliação da interação mãe-bebê

OBJECTIVE: To develop a study to assess the inter-rater reliability of a modified version of Brown's scale designed to investigate early mother-child interaction. METHOD: Fourteen postpartum women and their newborn babies took part in this study. The tape-recorded observations lasted 15 minutes...

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Autores: Scappaticci, Anne Lise Sandoval Silveira [UNIFESP], Iacoponi, Eduardo, Blay, Sergio Luis [UNIFESP]
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/2065
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81082004000100006
http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/2065
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reliability
scale
mother
baby
interaction
Fidedignidade
escala
mãe
bebê
interação
Descripción
Sumario:OBJECTIVE: To develop a study to assess the inter-rater reliability of a modified version of Brown's scale designed to investigate early mother-child interaction. METHOD: Fourteen postpartum women and their newborn babies took part in this study. The tape-recorded observations lasted 15 minutes, and they were performed on the second day after birth, during breast-feeding. In a successive and isolated moment, two evaluators scored each item of the interaction established between the mother and the newborn. In order to do so, a modified version of the scale of Brown and collaborators (1975), was used and submitted to a reliability study. RESULTS: Nine out of ten items of the modified scale revealed an excellent inter-rater agreement: The Kappa coefficient was 0.85 or higher. Only one item showed a moderate degree of agreement = 0.59, concerning mother holds the baby. The results show that the modified scale is stable if used in a hospital setting for low-income mothers. CONCLUSIONS: The conclusion of this study indicates that categories are a reliable parameter to evaluate mother-baby interaction.