Construction and validation of an instrument to assess the care for prisoners living with HIV/AIDS

ABSTRACT This study aimed to build and validate indicators for the health care of those deprived of freedom living with HIV/AIDS, being a methodological development study carried out in two stages. In the first stage, there was the construction of indicators through a literature review in national and international databases. In the second stage, the content and appearance validation were performed using the Delphi technique method; ten judges specialized in the care of the person living with HIV/AIDS and practical performance in the prison environment participated in this stage, most of them being nurses working in prison units. After that, the internal consistency analysis was performed, and the instrument was applied to 10 health managers of prison units, and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated. The instrument resulted in five dimensions: Physical Structure; Human Resources; Work Process Organization; Health Records; and Adherence to Treatment. The instrument obtained 80% of agreement from the judges regarding content and appearance. The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.90. The instrument was validated in appearance, content, and consistency for the evaluation of care to those deprived of freedom living with HIV/AIDS.