Reliability of an instrument on cognitive-practical capacities for the treatment of minimal dental caries intervention in the Dentistry Career
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https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.2695Keywords:
learning, dental caries, study programs, medical education, evaluation instrumentsAbstract
Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the reliability of the instrument on cognitive-practical capacities necessary for the treatment of minimal intervention of dental caries in the Stomatology Career.
Methods: Pilot study that describes the extent to which a previously designed instrument is understandable and functional. The sample consisted of 52 professors from the stomatology career. The information was collected in two stages, a test in which the instrument was applied and after 15 days a retest was performed. The variables consisted of 21 items resulting from the design and prior validation. The mean of variability was calculated for each item at the time of the test and retest, the internal consistency through Cronbach's alpha, a comparison of the mean of the instrument's items according to Student's t test, and the correlation coefficient was calculated. intraclass.
Results: The test and retest showed value of the total means of 2.43 and 2.47 respectively, expressing that the objectives of the instrument are partially achieved. The scores showed good coherence (Cronbach's alpha 0.817 and 0.801 in test and retest). The hypothesis test being t ≤0.05 in both moments it is accepted that all the items were related.
Conclusions: Reliability was demonstrated with regard to internal consistency and temporal stability in each of its items.
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