CONOCIMIENTOS PERI-POSTMENOPAUSICOS EN MUJERES COLOMBIANAS, UNA VALIDACIAN PSICOMETRICA

aim: to validate knowledge scale of peri-postmenopause in colombian women, from 45 to 60 years. material and methods: it is a nonexperimental design of observational type, which was realized in a quota sample comprised by 101 women of peri-postmenopause stage at cali, colombia, selected from representative sectors of low, middle and high socioeconomic strata, between june-august, 2006. the knowledge scale was constructed by 22 items, which included knowledges, beliefs, signs and symptoms and care; using questions of dichotomous format. results: the total scale score, presented a relatively normal distribution, with an average of 15.8, and a standard deviation of 4.3, reliability was measured by means of cronbach's alpha, which was 0.83. principal component analysis showed an unidimensional structure, which explained 36 % of the variance. face validity was obtained by using an expert's committee. conclusions: the scale of knowledge is reliable and valid in an application on colombian peri-and postmenopause women. by means of principal components analysis scale unidimensionality was established