Introduction: Today, there has been evidence of an increase in family crises, which is why it is important to design a new documentary instrument for the evaluation of family crises. Objective: To build and validate an instrument for the evaluation of family crises. Materials and methods: In the qualitative evaluation, the content validity was estimated through the selection of 10 experts, who through an observation guide evaluated the sufficiency, relevance and clarity of the written items. The experts made observations that were taken into account, leading to a second round. Subsequently, the pilot test was applied to 260 beneficiaries over 18 years of age, both sexes, where the participants made suggestions about the instrument, for which a second pilot test was carried out. In the quantitative evaluation, internal and external validity was estimated through construct validi...

Introduction: Today, there has been evidence of an increase in family crises, which is why it is important to design a new documentary instrument for the evaluation of family crises. Objective: To build and validate an instrument for the evaluation of family crises. Materials and methods: In the qualitative evaluation, the content validity was estimated through the selection of 10 experts, who through an observation guide evaluated the sufficiency, relevance and clarity of the written items. The experts made observations that were taken into account, leading to a second round. Subsequently, the pilot test was applied to 260 beneficiaries over 18 years of age, both sexes, where the participants made suggestions about the instrument, for which a second pilot test was carried out. In the quantitative evaluation, internal and external validity was estimated through construct validi...