Content validity of guidelines for physical exercise for pregnant

Abstract

Objective: to determine the content validity of the procedure guidelines for physical exercise for pregnant women 2018. Prescribing physical exercise in pregnant women is one of the recommendations that brings the greatest physiological and psychosocial benefits to women and children. Materials and methods: descriptive study. Content validity with expert judgment technique. Results: an average value of kappa coefficients was obtained for the examination dimension of 0.64 and for the intervention dimen-sion of 0.75. The Kappa index for the instrument was 0.69 (substantial agreement). Additionally, for the physiotherapeutic examination dimension, mean agreement ratio (̅Pa) values were obtained that exceed the threshold of substantial agreement except the property of clarity. In the intervention dimension, the values of (̅Pa) indicate that all the properties of the physiotherapeutic intervention exceed the threshold of sub-stantial agreement. Conclusions: physical exercise is a fundamental practice during pregnancy, its application requires a rigorous examination that leads to an individual-ized intervention where the woman’s history is recognized in order to determine the appropriate intensity of the prescription. Starting with the procedure “Guidelines for physical exercise in pregnant women”, professionals will have a tool based on scientific evidence that includes an examination phase and an intervention phase.

Introducción: La prescripción del ejercicio físico en mujeres embarazadas es una de las recomendaciones que mayores beneficios fisiológicos y psicosociales trae a la mujer y al niño. Objetivo: Determinar la validez de contenido del documento lineamientos de ejercicio físico para mujeres embarazadas 2018. Método: Estudio descriptivo. Valoración de contenido del documento “Lineamientos de ejercicio físico en mujeres embarazadas” con la técnica de juicio de expertos”. Resultados: se encontró un índice Kappa para la suficiencia y claridad con un grado de concordancia de 0,59 (moderado); para coherencia y relevancia un grado de concordancia 0,67 y 0,77 (sustancial), para pertinencia un grado de concordancia de 0,83 (casi perfecto). Conclusiones: El documento “Lineamientos de ejercicio físico en mujeres embarazadas” es válido para ser aplicado por profesionales de fisioterapia dedicados a la atención de población gestante. Los profesionales contarán con una herramienta basada en evidencia científica que incluye una fase de examen y una fase de intervención.