Adaptation in Spanish in Mexico of the neonatal nutritional risk screening tool

Norma A. Ordoñez Ordoñez-Franco, Pediatrics Service, Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
Yahiel Osorio-Alamillo, Pediatrics Service, Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
Manuel Á. Correa-Flores, Pediatrics Division, Asociación Mexicana de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico
Claudia Montesinos-Ramírez, Pediatrics Division, Asociación Mexicana de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico
Mitchel M. Padilla-Rojas, Pediatrics Division, Asociación Mexicana de Pediatría, Mexico City, Mexico
Nallely Bueno-Hernández, Research Division, Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Secretaría de Salud. Mexico City, Mexico

Introduction: The neonatal stage is a vulnerable time, where the newborn is more likely to contract diseases. Screening identifies individuals with risk for some pathology according to each patient’s characteristics and risk factors. Few tools detect nutritional risk in neonates, therefore, it is important to have more information, as well as studies in our population. Objectives: The aim of the study was to perform translation and content validation with experts in neonatology of the neonatal nutritional risk screening tool (NNRST). Materials and methods: The validation was realized in the Pediatrics area of Hospital General de Mexico Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, and the translation of the screening into Spanish by three people certified in English and pediatrics. Questions from a questionnaire about the tool were designed and applied to 25 experts in neonatology who met the selection criteria. Results: The average number of years worked for the study population was reported to be 14 ± 13 years, with a greater predominance of work in the public sector at 52% and the private sector was 48%. 80% of the participants were assigned to the neonatology service. Overall, the tool had an average total content validity index of 0.74 ± 0.17 scores. In each item, observations were made by the neonatologists, who considered whether to make modifications to the tool. Conclusion: The NNRST is content valid with expert judgment for neonatal nutritional risk screening.

Keywords: Screening. Nutritional risk. Newborn. Neonatal nutritional risk screening tool.