scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation and validity of the "Edmonton Frail Scale - EFS" in a Brazilian elderly sample

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 1043-1049 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzele Cristina Coelho Fabrício-Wehbe ◽  
Fábio Veiga Schiaveto ◽  
Thaís Ramos Pereira Vendrusculo ◽  
Vanderlei José Haas ◽  
Rosana Aparecida Spadoti Dantas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cognitive Deficit ◽  
Functional Independence Measure ◽  
High Sensitivity ◽  
Functional Independence ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Conceptual Equivalence ◽  
State Examination

This study aimed to assess the cross-cultural adaptation of the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS) and its validity in a Brazilian elderly sample. Translation and back-translation were performed, as well as discussion with professionals and elderly for conceptual equivalence, semantic validation and pre-test of the scale. The scale was applied to 137 elderly aged 65 years or older who lived in the community. In the know-groups validation of the frailty diagnosis between gender, age and cognitive deficit, elder elderly, female and with a cognitive deficit scored higher on the frailty diagnosis. A negative convergent correlation was found between the EFS and the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) (-0.53, p< 0.01) and the total score of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (-0.60, p< 0.01). The watch test presented high sensitivity and low specificity levels. The Portuguese version of the EFS was considered valid in the study sample.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of Rotter's General Locus of Control instrument

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel de Almeida Calado ◽  
Isadora Barazzetti Rigon ◽  
Jorge Luís Wollstein Moritz ◽  
Peter Wolf ◽  
Katia Lin
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Healthy Subjects ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Control Instrument ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Conceptual Equivalence ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Abstract Objective To perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the General Locus of Control (GLoC) questionnaire, which measures where people place causation of events in their lives, i.e., if they interpret events as being the result of their own actions or external factors. Methods After translation and back-translation, a multidisciplinary committee judged and elaborated different versions of the GLoC questionnaire, with a focus on conceptual equivalence, content, comprehensibility and adjustment to the Brazilian socioeconomic context. The final version was tested on 71 healthy subjects, of whom 36 were reinterviewed and answered the GLoC questionnaire twice, after a mean of 73.06±74.15 days (range = 29-359). Results The participants' mean age was 30.82±12.83 years (range = 18-69), 62% were women, and mean years of schooling were 12.54±4.21. Test-retest reliability (Pearson's) was r = 0.828. Internal consistency resulted in a Cronbach's alpha of 0.906. The mean GLoC score obtained was 8.77±3.11 (n = 71). Conclusion The Portuguese version of the GLoC questionnaire is a faithful adaptation of Rotter's original questionnaire.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the SCATBI instrument for cognitive-linguistic abilities after traumatic brain injury

2015 ◽  
Vol 73 (11) ◽  
pp. 939-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ester Priscila Janzen ◽  
Roger Walz ◽  
Katia Lin
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Social Economic Status ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Conceptual Equivalence

ABSTRACTObjective To perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the “Scales of Cognitive Ability for Traumatic Brain Injury” (SCATBI).Method After the translation and back-translation phases, a multidisciplinary committee judged and elaborated versions in order to maintain its conceptual equivalence, content, comprehensibility and contextual adjustment for Brazilian population. The final version was tested on 55 healthy subjects.Results The individuals’ mean age was 41.75 ± 17.40 years (range = 18-81), 69% were women and they had a mean schooling of 12.96 ± 4.55 years. Higher total scores were positively correlated with years of schooling (p < 0.001) and social-economic status (p = 0.001), while older aged individuals performed worse than younger ones (p = 0.001). Both genders performed similarly on all domains of the instrument, except for “organization” ability, where women performed significantly better than men (p = 0.02).Conclusion The Brazilian version of SCATBI is a useful tool for the diagnosis and monitoring of cognitive impairments after a traumatic brain injury.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the protocol Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily

CoDAS ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 535-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Rainho Rocha ◽  
Felipe Moreti ◽  
Elisabeth Amin ◽  
Glaucya Madazio ◽  
Mara Behlau
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Protocol Evaluation ◽  
Brazilian Culture

PURPOSE: To present the cross-cultural equivalence of the Brazilian version of the Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily (EASE) protocol, through its cultural and linguistic adaptation. METHODS: After the EASE was translated to Brazilian Portuguese, the back-translation into English was done. The items of the translated version were compared with the original instrument and the discrepancies were modified by consensus of a committee composed of five speech language pathologists. The Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily for Brazil (EASE-BR) has 22 questions with four alternatives: "no," "mildly," "moderately," and "extremely." The score is obtained by the simple sum of all answers. The three positive items (6, 12, and 21) require reverse score. For cultural equivalence, the EASE-BR was applied with 41 Brazilian singers, with an extra item in the answer key - "not applicable." The aim of this extra key was to identify issues that might not have been understood or were not appropriate for the target population and the Brazilian culture. RESULTS: Of the 32 singers, 5 who were initially evaluated had difficulties to answer 3 of the 22 questions. Therefore, the adaptation of those sentences was necessary. Afterward, the modified EASE-BR was applied to nine singers, and no more cultural and/or conceptual barriers were found. CONCLUSION: Cultural equivalence was observed between EASE and its translated version to the Brazilian Portuguese, the EASE-BR. Validation of the EASE for Brazilian Portuguese is in progress.

scholarly journals Brazilian Portuguese version of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS-Brasil)

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diogo A. DeSousa ◽  
Circe S. Petersen ◽  
Rafaela Behs ◽  
Gisele G. Manfro ◽  
Silvia H. Koller
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Childhood Anxiety ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Children’S Anxiety ◽  
Spence Children’S Anxiety Scale

Objective: To describe the cross-cultural adaptation of the Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) for use in Brazil. Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation followed a four-step process, based on specialized literature: 1) investigation of conceptual and item equivalence; 2) translation and back-translation; 3) pretest; and 4) investigation of operational equivalence. All these procedures were carried out for both the child and the parent versions of the SCAS. Results: A final Brazilian version of the instrument, named SCAS-Brasil, was defined and is presented. Conclusion: The SCAS-Brasil instrument seems to be very similar to the original SCAS in terms of conceptual and item equivalence, semantics, and operational equivalence, suggesting that future cross-cultural studies may benefit from this early version. As a result, a new instrument is now available for the assessment of childhood anxiety symptoms in community, clinical, and research settings.

scholarly journals Adaptação transcultural do Family Satisfaction with Care in the Intensive Care Unit para o Brasil/Cross-cultural adaptation of the Family Satisfaction with Care in the Intensive Care Unit for Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiele De Lima Neves ◽  
Eda Schwartz ◽  
Maria Elena Echevarría-Guanilo ◽  
Ana Carolina Guidorizzi Zanetti ◽  
Daren Heyland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Satisfaction With Care ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Back Translation

O presente estudo objetivou descrever o processo de adaptação transcultural do Family Satisfaction with Care in the Intensive Care Unit (FS-ICU 24) para o português do Brasil. Trata-se de um estudo metodológico de adaptação transcultural que percorreu as seguintes etapas: tradução do instrumento para o português do Brasil; obtenção do primeiro consenso das versões em português; avaliação da versão consenso pelo comitê de especialistas; back-translation (retro tradução); obtenção do consenso das versões em inglês e comparação com a versão original; equivalência semântica dos itens e; pré-teste. Os resultados apontaram para as equivalências semântica, idiomática e conceitual adequadas entre a versão final em português e a original em inglês, bem como para a compreensão e fácil aplicação do instrumento traduzido e adaptado para a cultura brasileira. Concluiu-se que a adaptação transcultural do FS-ICU (24) originou uma versão confiável, a qual precisará ser  testada na população alvo e aprovada quanto à sua validade e confiabilidade.

scholarly journals Brazilian cross-cultural adaptation of the DocCom online module: communication for teamwork

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiane Angélica Phelipini Borges ◽  
Marli Terezinha Oliveira Vannuchi ◽  
Suely Grosseman ◽  
Alberto Durán González
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Expert Committee ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Online Module ◽  
Training Professionals ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Teaching Learning

ABSTRACT Objective: to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of DocCom online module 38, which deals with teamwork communication into Portuguese for the Brazilian contexto. Method: the transcultural translation and adaptation were accomplished through initial translations, synthesis of the translations, evaluation and synthesis by a committee of experts, analysis by translators and back translation, pre-test with nurses and undergraduate students in Nursing, and analysis of the translators to obtain the final material. Results: in evaluation and synthesis of the translated version with the original version by the expert committee, the items obtained higher than 80% agreement. Few modifications were suggested according to the analysis by pretest participants. The final version was adequate to the proposed context and its purpose. Conclusion: it is believed that by making this new teaching-learning strategy of communication skills and competencies for teamwork available, it can be used systematically in undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the health area in Brazil in order to contribute to training professionals, and also towards making advances in this field.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation and reliability evaluation of the Lithuanian version of the keys questionnaire

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1188-1202
Author(s):  
Jolita Vveinhardt ◽  
Aurelija Ganusauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Procedure ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Conceptual Equivalence ◽  
The Baltic

The aim of this study is the KEYS questionnaire cross-cultural adaptation into the Lithuanian language. This study was designed to translate and perform cultural adaptation as well as test the reliability of the Lithuanian version of the KEYS questionnaire. Guidelines for the questionnaire translation and adaptation procedure according to international recommendations based on scientific literature were followed in order to establish the cultural equivalence to the original English version of the KEYS questionnaire. In the cross-cultural adaptation stage, due to the Lithuanian cultural context, several discrepancies between the semantic and conceptual equivalence of the items were modified. In total, 155 respondents participated in the pilot study of the Lithuanian KEYS version. As to reliability of the Lithuanian KEYS version, psychometric properties were tested, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to assess the internal consistency. Mostly all scales and items demonstrated good internal consistency. The Lithuanian KEYS version was a well-accepted, reliable tool for evaluating and assessing individual work environment perceptions that influence the creativity of organizations among the Lithuanian speaking population. We conclude that the Lithuanian version of the KEYS questionnaire was successfully translated and adapted for application to Lithuanian-speaking respondents and it is ready for the validation study. Such a research is the first in the Baltic region.

scholarly journals Cross-cultural adaptation of the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) into German: a qualitative study in three countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Krieger ◽  
Christina Schulze ◽  
Jillian Boyd ◽  
Ruth Amann ◽  
Barbara Piškur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Culturally Adapted ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Conceptual Equivalence

Abstract Background Concepts such as participation and environment may differ across cultures. Consequently, to use a measure like the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY) in other than the original English-speaking contexts, cultural adaptation needs to be assured. The aim of this study was to cross-culturally translate and adapt the PEM-CY into German as it is used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Methods Fifteen parents of children and adolescents with disabilities from three German speaking countries participated in three rounds of think-aloud interviews. We followed the procedure of cultural equivalence guidelines including two additional steps. Data was analyzed by content analysis using semantic, idiomatic, experiential and conceptual equivalence. Results Results show adaptations mainly focused on experiential and conceptual equivalence. Examples of experiential equivalence included adapting the examples of activities in the PEM-CY to reflect typical ones in German speaking countries. Conceptual equivalence mainly addressed aspects of “involvement” and “environment” of children and adolescents and was reached through adaptations such as enhanced instructions and structures, and additional definitions. Conclusion This study presents a cross-cultural translation and adaptation process to develop a German version of the PEM-CY that is suitable for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As participation and environment are both complex concepts to measure, conceptual equivalence posed the highest challenges for this cultural adaptation. A culturally adapted version of PEM-CY (German) is now available for research, practice and further validation.

Brazilian Portuguese translation and cross-cultural adaptation of Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Screen (ECAS)

Interação ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 169-180
Author(s):  
Any Cleo Souza ◽  
Valeriana de Castro Guimarães ◽  
Denise Sisterolli Diniz ◽  
Thomas H. Bak ◽  
Sharon Abrahams
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Brazilian Portuguese ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Semantic Equivalence ◽  
Cross Cultural Adaptation ◽  
Immediate Recall ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Delayed Recognition ◽  
Brazilian Culture

Abstract: The translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the screening test Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioral ALS Screen (ECAS) for the Portuguese language of Brazil was carried out in this article. The adaptations were developed based on authors' guidelines and specific literature: translation; synthesis; back-translation and cross-cultural adaptation (technical review and semantic equivalence). The tests were adapted with the aid of a pilot group of 46 healthy individuals, mean age 52.6 ± 13.88 years and 13.8 ± 5.10 years of studies, 26 females and 20 males, randomly recruited among the caregivers of the patients of the Hospital das Clínicas of the Federal University of Goiás, Brazil. After translation of all fifteen ECAS subtests, nine were adapted and six not gone through cross-cultural adaptation. In the Language-Naming subtest the fox figure (13.04% of errors) was replaced by the image of the alligator; 5 words (41.66%) of the Language-Spelling subtest were replaced. In the Executive-Alternation subtest, 11-K or 11-L was accepted as a response, provided the subsequent sequence was correct. A Verbal Fluency Index (IFV) table was established, with data from the pilot group, which will be the reference for the Brazilian version. The three subtests for memory evaluation (Immediate Recall, Delayed Recall and Delayed Recognition) are based on a story that has been adapted to Brazilian culture. The protocol has been translated and adapted to Brazilian Portuguese and has undergone processes of content, verbal comprehension and semantic equivalence, being called Edimburgo - Rastreio Cognitivo-Comportamental em ELA (ECAS-BR). It is necessary to continue this study for external validity, equivalence of measurement and reproducibility.

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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