• Carolina Queiroz de Souza Mendes, Myriam Aparecida Mandetta, Miriam Harumi Tsunemi, and BalieiroMaria Magda Ferreira GomesMMFGhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4367-5855Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil..
• Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
• Rev Bras Enferm. 2019 Dec 1; 72 (suppl 3): 274-281.

ObjectiveTo conduct a cross-cultural adaptation of the Preterm Parenting & Self-Efficacy Checklist to the Brazilian Portuguese.MethodA methodological study was carried out with 51 parents of premature infants. Data analysis was based on psychometric and inferential statistical analyses.ResultsThe instrument content validation by experts obtained excellent agreement (97%) and the semantic analysis by the target population showed good understanding of the terms and ease of use. In test-retest, most participants were female (64.7%); and parents with higher education (47.1%). The instrument showed stability over time, with good internal consistency (α = 0.84). Four factors were generated in the subscales parenting self-efficacy, importance of tasks and self-perceived parental competence (67.0% to 74.2% of the variance).ConclusionThe properties of the Preterm Parenting & Self-Efficacy Checklist - Brazilian Version were maintained, which is a reliable indicator to evaluate the hospital discharge of premature infants.

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