Jacob, Lia Maristela da SilvaLopes, Maria Helena Baena de MoraesShimo, Antonieta Keiko Kakuda2021-01-272021-01-272021-01-04JACOB, Lia Maristela da Silva; LOPES, Maria Helena Baena de Moraes; SHIMO, Antonieta Keiko Kakuda. Instrumento sobre conhecimento, atitude e prática de gestantes acerca da síndrome hipertensiva gestacional. Revista da Rede de Enfermagem do Nordeste, v. 22, p. 1-9, 2021. Disponível em: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/60040. Acesso em: 21 jan. 2021. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.202122600401517-38522175-6783https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/31312Objective: to elaborate and validate an instrument to eva-luate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant women regarding the hypertensive disease of pregnancy.Methods: methodological research, to develop and validate an instrument about the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pregnant women regarding said disease. The stages of the design were: elaboration, content validation, and semantic analysis with the target audience. Results: to elaborate the instrument, the following items were adopted: definition, classification, signs and symptoms, risk factors, consequen-ces, prevention and treatment of the hypertensive disease of pregnancy. The instrument was submitted to a validation by specialists. Its dimensions presented a Content Validity Index of 0.85, 0.89 for pertinence, 0.81 for clarity, and 0.86 for scope. The variable attitudes was below 0.8 in all dimen-sions. Conclusion: the instrument was considered to be valid and can be used to direct educational interventions, aimed to prevent the disease or its complications from sur-facingAttribution 3.0 Brazilhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/Hipertensão Induzida pela GravidezConheci-mentos, Atitudes e Práticas em SaúdeEstudo de ValidaçãoEnfermagemHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeValidation StudyNursingarticle10.15253/2175-6783.20212260040