scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Profile of Chronic Pain: Screen for a Brazilian Population

Pain Medicine ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolnei Caumo ◽  
Linda S. Ruehlman ◽  
Paul Karoly ◽  
Francisléa Sehn ◽  
Liliane Pinto Vidor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation

scholarly journals Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of sexual dysfunction modified scale in multiple sclerosis for Brazilian population

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 681-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Ataíde Peres da Silva ◽  
Guilherme Sciascia do Olival ◽  
Lívia Palma Stievano ◽  
Vania Balardin Toller ◽  
Sergio Semeraro Jordy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Sexual Dysfunction ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Chronic Inflammatory Disease ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
The Impact

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS). These patients suffer from various comorbidities, including sexual dysfunction (SD). The lesions of MS may affect regions of the CNS along the pathway of sexual response. The Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-19 (MSISQ-19) is a scale that assesses sexual dysfunction. Adapt and validate the MSISQ-19 to Brazilian patients with MS. 204 individuals were evaluated, 134 patients with MS and 70 healthy persons for the control group. It was determined reproducibility, validity, internal consistency and sensitivity of the MSISQ-19-BR. Among patients with MS, 54.3% of male and 71.7% of female presented some kind of SD. In the control group the results were 12.5% and 19.5%, respectively. The MSISQ-19-BR is reproducible, reliable and valid for the Brazilian population and may be used as a tool for assessing the impact of sexual dysfunction in patients with MS.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the Pain Medication Questionnaire for use in Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Raposo Galindo ◽  
Manoel Henrique da Nóbrega Marinho ◽  
Robert J. Gatchel ◽  
Tatiana de Paula Santana da Silva ◽  
Eduardo Henrique Soares Viana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Sickle Cell Anemia ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Pain Medication ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Opioid Abuse ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
Medium Risk

Abstract Background The Pain Medication Questionnaire (PMQ) assesses the risk of opioid abuse in people with non-oncological chronic pain. Methods This is a methodological study conducted at a hemotherapy centre in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. A Cross-cultural adaptation was carried out by a committee of nine specialists, and we applied the PMQ to a pre-final sample of 40 individuals with sickle cell anemia, in addition to a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire. Results The mean agreement indexes for PMQ equivalences were the following: semantic (0.996), idiomatic (0.970), experiential (0.991), conceptual (0.953), language clarity (0.991), practical relevance (0.906), and theoretical relevance (0.945). Assessment of the PMQ showed that 50% of participants obtained a score equivalent to medium risk of opioid abuse. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient for the adapted PMQ instrument was 0.705, ranging from 0.641 to 0.736 among its items. Conclusion The cross-cultural adaptation of the Pain Medication Questionnaire was satisfactory and easy to apply in the Brazilian population. It is clinically relevant, contributing professional practice and enlightening patients with sickle cell anemia on their behavioral dynamics with respect to opioid consumption. It will also contribute to teaching and research, because it is a useful tool for investigating the risk of abusive behavior in people with chronic pain.

scholarly journals Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Lee Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Symptom Scale in a Brazilian Population

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1313-1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clarissa Vasconcellos de Souza ◽  
Afonso Celso Vigorito ◽  
Eliana C.M. Miranda ◽  
Celso Garcia ◽  
Vergílio Antonio Rensi Colturato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graft Versus Host Disease ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Disease Symptom ◽  
Symptom Scale ◽  
Host Disease ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Graft Versus Host

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the "Australian National University Alzheimer's Disease Risk Index" for the Brazilian population

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Kiiti Borges ◽  
Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto ◽  
Vanessa de Albuquerque Citero
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
National University

ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a major public health problem and it is therefore crucial that modifiable risk factors be known prior to onset of dementia in late-life. The "Australian National University - Alzheimer's Disease Risk Index" (ANU-ADRI) is one of the potential tools for primary prevention of the disease. Objective: The aim of this study was to devise an adapted version of the ANU-ADRI for use in Brazil. Methods: The instrument was translated from its original language of English into Portuguese and then back-translated into English by bilingual translators. It was subsequently reviewed and evaluated as to the degree of translation issues and equivalence. In this study, the ANU-ADRI was applied using individual (face-to-face) interviews in a public hospital, unlike the original version which is applied online by self-report. The final version (pretest) was evaluated in a sample of 10 participants with a mean age of 60 years (±11.46) and mean education of 11 years (±6.32). Results: The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) (inter-rater) was 0.954 (P<0.001 for a confidence interval (CI) of 95%=[0.932; 0.969]). Cultural equivalence was performed without the need for a second instrument application step. Conclusion: After cross-cultural adaptation, the language of the resultant questionnaire was deemed easily understandable by the Brazilian population.

scholarly journals Validation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Spanish Version of the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ-S)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
María del Rocío Ibancos-Losada ◽  
María Catalina Osuna-Pérez ◽  
Irene Cortés-Pérez ◽  
Desirée Montoro-Cárdenas ◽  
Ángeles Díaz-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Pain Sensitivity ◽  
Experimental Pain ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Pain Testing ◽  
Pain Patients

Experimental pain testing requires specific equipment and may be uncomfortable for patients. The Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) was developed to assess pain sensitivity, based on the pain intensity ratings (range: 0–10) of painful situations that occur in daily life. The main objective of this study was to carry out a cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Spanish version of the PSQ (PSQ-S). A total of 354 subjects (296 healthy and 58 chronic pain patients) filled in the PSQ-S. A subgroup of 116 subjects performed experimental pain testing, including two modalities (cold and pressure), with different measures: pain intensity rating, pressure pain threshold, and tolerance. The validation results showed two factors: PSQ-S-moderate and PSQ-S-minor and, for the total scale and the two factors, an excellent internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient > 0.9) and a substantial reliability (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient > 0.8). We obtained strong correlations with all the experimental pain rating parameters, catastrophizing, and depression variables, as well as moderate correlations with anxiety, central sensibilization, and impact on the quality of life. Chronic pain patients received elevated PSQ-S scores compared to healthy controls, and three cut-off values (PSQ-S-total = 7.00, PSQ-S-moderate = 7.57, and PSQ-S-minor = 6.29) based on ROC curve analyses were shown to be able to discriminate between healthy adults and adults with chronic pain. Therefore, PSQ-S may be a simple alternative to experimental pain procedures for clinical and experimental pain research.

scholarly journals 12 item Allodynia Symptom Checklist/Brasil: cross-cultural adaptation, internal consistency and reproducibility

2012 ◽  
Vol 70 (11) ◽  
pp. 852-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidiane Lima Florencio ◽  
Thais Cristina Chaves ◽  
Lívia B. Branisso ◽  
Maria Cláudia Gonçalves ◽  
Fabíola Dach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Weighted Kappa ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Measurement Properties ◽  
Symptom Checklist ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cutaneous Allodynia ◽  
Back Translation

Since there was no Portuguese questionnaire to evaluate cutaneous allodynia, which has been pointed out as a risk factor of migraine, we aimed to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the 12 item Allodynia Symptom Checklist for the Brazilian population and to test its measurement properties. It consisted in six stages: translation, synthesis, back translation, revision by a specialist committee, pretest and submission the documents to the committee. In the pretest stage, the questionnaire was applied to 30 migraineurs of both sexes, who had some difficulty in understanding it. Thus, a second version was applied to 30 additional subjects, with no difficulties being reported. The mean filling out time was 3'36", and the internal consistency was 0.76. To test reproducibility, 15 other subjects filled out the questionnaire at two different times, it was classified as moderate (weighted kappa=0.58). We made available to Brazilian population an easy, quick and reliable questionnaire.

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