scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire (MHQ) for Brazil: validation study

2014 ◽  
Vol 132 (6) ◽  
pp. 339-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Mara Meireles ◽  
Jamil Natour ◽  
Daniel Alberton Batista ◽  
Mayara Lopes ◽  
Thelma Larocca Skare
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Systemic Disease ◽  
Joint Damage ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
University Hospital ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Culturally Adapted

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic disease that causes joint damage. A variety of methods have been used to evaluate the general health status of these patients but few have specifically evaluated the hands. The objective of this study was to translate, perform cultural adaptation and assess the validity of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire for Brazil.DESIGN AND SETTING: Validation study conducted at a university hospital in Curitiba, Brazil.METHODS: Firstly, the questionnaire was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and back-translated into English. The Portuguese version was tested on 30 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and proved to be understandable and culturally adapted. After that, 30 patients with rheumatoid arthritis were evaluated three times. On the first occasion, two evaluators applied the questionnaire to check inter-rater reproducibility. After 15 days, one of the evaluators reassessed the patients to verify intra rater reproducibility. To check the construct validity at the first assessment, one of the evaluators also applied other similar instruments.RESULTS: There were strong inter and intra rater correlations in all the domains of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was higher than 0.90 for all the domains of the questionnaire, thus indicating excellent internal validity. Almost all domains of the questionnaire presented moderate or strong correlation with other instruments, thereby showing good construct validity.CONCLUSION: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted successfully, and it showed excellent internal consistency, reproducibility and construct validity.

scholarly journals Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Emotional Memory Scale

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Fijtman ◽  
Letícia Sanguinetti Czepielewski ◽  
Ana Cláudia Mércio Loredo Souza ◽  
Paul Felder ◽  
Marcia Kauer-Sant'Anna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Negative Selection ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Emotional Memory ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Emotional Stimuli ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Culturally Adapted

Abstract Background Emotional memory is an important type of memory that is triggered by positive and negative emotions. It is characterized by an enhanced memory for emotional stimuli which is usually coupled with a decrease in memory of neutral preceding events. Emotional memory is strongly associated with amygdala function and therefore could be disrupted in neuropsychiatric disorders. To our knowledge, there is no translated and culturally adapted instrument for the Brazilian Portuguese speaking population to assess emotional memory. Objective To report the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Emotional Memory Scale, originally published by Strange et al. in 2003. Methods The author of the original scale provided 36 lists with 16 words each. Translation was performed by three independent bilingual translators. Healthy subjects assessed how semantically related each word was within the list (0 to 10) and what the emotional valence of each word was (-6 to +6). Lists without negative words were excluded (negative selection), most positive and most unrelated words were excluded (positive and semantic selection, respectively), and lists with low semantic relationship were excluded (semantic assessment). Results Five lists were excluded during negative selection, four words from each list were excluded in positive and semantic selection, and 11 lists were excluded during semantic assessment. Finally, we reached 20 lists of semantically related words; each list had one negative word and 11 neutral words. Conclusion A scale is now available to evaluate emotional memory in the Brazilian population and requires further validation on its psychometrics properties.

scholarly journals Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the DiAbeTes Education Questionnaire (DATE-Q)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Machado de Melo Felix ◽  
Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi ◽  
Mariana Balbi Seixas ◽  
Ana Paula Delgado Bomtempo Batalha ◽  
Danielle Guedes Andrade Ezequiel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Diabetes Education ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Portuguese Version

scholarly journals Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of an Observational Measure for Parent–Child Responsive Caregiving

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1246
Author(s):  
Alessandra Schneider ◽  
Michelle Rodrigues ◽  
Olesya Falenchuk ◽  
Tiago N. Munhoz ◽  
Aluisio J. D. Barros ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Rater Reliability ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Brief Assessment ◽  
The Cross

Responsive caregiving is the dimension of parenting most consistently related to later child functioning in both developing and developed countries. There is a growing need for efficient, psychometrically sound and culturally appropriate measurement of this construct. This study describes the cross-cultural validation in Brazil of the Responsive Interactions for Learning (RIFL-P) measure, requiring only eight minutes for assessment and coding. The cross-cultural adaptation used a recognized seven-step procedure. The adapted version was applied to a stratified sample of 153 Brazilian mother–child (18 months) dyads. Videos of mother–child interaction were coded using the RIFL-P and a longer gold standard parenting assessment. Mothers completed a survey on child stimulation (18 months) and child outcomes were measured at 24 months. Internal consistency (α = 0.94), inter-rater reliability (r = 0.83), and intra-rater reliability (r = 0.94) were all satisfactory to high. RIFL-P scores were significantly correlated with another measurement of parenting (r’s ranged from 0.32 to 0.47, p < 0.001), stimulation markers (r = 0.34, p < 0.01), and children’s cognition (r = 0.29, p < 0.001), language (r = 0.28, p < 0.001), and positive behavior (r = 0.17, p < 0.05). The Brazilian Portuguese version is a valid and reliable instrument for a brief assessment of responsive caregiving.

The Brazilian Portuguese version of the ICIQ-OABqol: cross-cultural adaptation and reliability

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 2507-2514
Author(s):  
Silvia Monteiro ◽  
Cássio Riccetto ◽  
Anna Karoline Rocha ◽  
Kamila Santos ◽  
Ingrid Campos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Portuguese Version
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