Conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas dos produtores pecuários sobre antibióticos: desenvolvimento e análise da fiabilidade de um questionário

Autores

  • Jacinta Pinho Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Aveiro, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7725-4701
  • Bárbara Costa Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Simão Rodrigues Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Tiago Correia Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
  • Paula Oliveira Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal | CITAB – Centro de Investigação e de Tecnologias Agroambientais e Biológicas, Vila Real, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-4044
  • Fátima Roque Universidade Politécnica da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal | BRIDGES – Biotechnology Research, Innovation and Design for Health Products, Guarda, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0169-3788
  • Maria Teresa Herdeiro Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | Institute of Biomedicine (iBiMED), Aveiro, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0500-4049
  • Ana Cláudia Coelho Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal | Associate Laboratory for Animal and Veterinary Sciences (AL4AnimalS), Lisboa, Portugal | CEVAC-Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Vila Real, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7196-4179

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0231.47323

Palavras-chave:

resistência aos antimicrobianos; uso de antibióticos; Uma Só Saúde; produtores pecuários; fiabilidade do questionário

Resumo

Introdução: A resistência aos antimicrobianos (RAM) é um problema de saúde pública global em crescimento. A sua mitigação requer uma abordagem «Uma Só Saúde» e os produtores pecuários desempenham um papel fundamental na garantia da saúde e do bem-estar animal e na promoção da gestão responsável dos antibióticos.

Objetivo: Desenvolver e avaliar a fiabilidade de um questionário como instrumento para captar os conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas dos produtores pecuários relativamente à RAM e ao uso de antibióticos.

Métodos: Estudo metodológico com foco na avaliação da fiabilidade do questionário constituído por três secções e desenvolvido com base numa revisão compreensiva da literatura. Entre janeiro e fevereiro de 2026, foram recrutados produtores que trabalham com bovinos, suínos e/ou pequenos ruminantes, na região Centro de Portugal. Foi realizado um teste-reteste com um intervalo de 2 a 3 semanas. A reprodutibilidade foi determinada com o coeficiente de correlação intraclasse (CCI; intervalo de confiança de 95%) e a consistência interna foi calculada utilizando o alfa de Cronbach.

Resultados: No total, 10 produtores completaram o estudo. Duas secções com itens da escala de Likert foram avaliadas quanto à fiabilidade e a maioria dos itens (23 de 27) apresentou CCI > 0,4, demonstrando, no geral, uma boa reprodutibilidade. Foi demonstrada uma boa consistência interna pelos valores do alfa de Cronbach de 0,833 e 0,765 para o teste e o reteste, respetivamente.

Conclusão: O questionário desenvolvido é uma ferramenta fiável para recolher os conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas dos produtores pecuários sobre a RAM e o uso de antibióticos.

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2026-11-03

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Pinho, J., Costa, B., Rodrigues, S., Correia, T., Oliveira, P., Roque, F., … Coelho, A. C. (2026). Conhecimentos, atitudes e práticas dos produtores pecuários sobre antibióticos: desenvolvimento e análise da fiabilidade de um questionário . Millenium - Journal of Education, Technologies, and Health, 2(31), e47323. https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0231.47323

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