Construcción y validación de la escala Sexuality and Contraceptive Knowledge-Instrument Nivel de conocimiento sobre sexualidad y métodos anticonceptivos y actitudes hacia el uso de los métodos anticonceptivos en jóvenes universitarios

Abstract

Objectives: To develop and establish the psychometric properties of a scale to measure knowledge about sexuality and contraceptive methods; To know the level of knowledge about sexuality and contraceptive methods among university youth and attitudes toward the use of contraceptive methods among university youth. Methodology: Validation was done using item response theory and the Rasch model. In order to know the level of knowledge about sexuality and contraceptive methods and attitudes towards the use of contraceptive methods, we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study with young university students. Results: The first version of the scale consisted of 29 items, obtaining good values for the validity of content. After its administration to a sample of 387 young students of the Grade in Nursing and Grade in Law, we obtained a final version of 15 items with adequate psychometric properties: reliability and validity. Conclusion: The Sexuality and Contraceptive Knowledge- Instrument scale is a reliable and valid instrument to measure the level of knowledge about sexuality and contraceptive methods in young university students.