CROSS-CULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE ADOLESCENT PEDIATRIC PAIN TOOL FOR BRAZILIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH CANCER

Functional performance assessment scale for children and adolescents with cancer: cross-cultural study

OBJECTIVES

to describe the methodological process of cross-cultural adaptation of the PlayPerformance Scale for Children to Brazilian Portuguese.

METHODS

methodological study of translation and cross-cultural adaptation in six stages: translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, evaluation by a committee of judges, evaluation by expert nurses, and pretest. The agreement and representativeness of the items were assessed using the content validity index. A minimum value of 80% agreement was considered.

RESULTS

all stages of the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process were satisfactory. In the evaluation performed by the committee of judges, all items obtained agreement above 80%. Fifteen pediatric nurses conducted the content validation, suggesting necessary modifications for understanding and application. Thirty children and adolescents with cancer were assessed with the scale for the pre-test.

CONCLUSIONS

the scale was cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. The need for psychometric testing in a consistent sample is emphasized.

Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of Pain questionnaire for Brazilian workers with musculoskeletal pain: face and content validity

ABSTRACT Our study aimed to perform the face and content validity of Self-Estimated Functional Inability because of Pain (SEFIP) for workers, here called the SEFIP-work questionnaire. This is a questionnaire validity study. Our group previously translated and adapted the original version of the SEFIP, which was developed to investigate musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction to be applied to dancers (SEFIP-dance). However, due to the broad scope of the SEFIP-dance, we made changes and adaptations in the Brazilian Portuguese version of the SEFIP-dance to allow its use in workers. Therefore, face and content validity were performed for the development of the SEFIP-work based on opinions of committee of occupational disease and rehabilitation experts. After face and content validity, this SEFIP-work version was applied to 30 working individuals with musculoskeletal pain. The participants were native Brazilian Portuguese speakers aged 18 years and older. Thus, three changes were made to the questionnaire. All participants understood the SEFIP-work items and alternatives. The average total SEFIP-work score was 6.59 (SD=3.66), with the item “parte inferior das costas” (lower back) being the most marked (n=28; 93.33%), with an average score of 1.18 (SD=0.73). In conclusion, the Brazilian Portuguese version of SEFIP-work presents an acceptable level of understanding by workers in the investigation of musculoskeletal pain or discomfort.

TRANSCULTURAL TRANSLATION AND ADAPTATION OF CONDOM EMBARRASSMENT SCALE FOR THE BRAZILIAN CONTEXT

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the Condom Embarrassment Scale for use in the Brazilian context. Method: methodological study that included the following steps: initial translation of the original scale by two independent translators, summary of translations, reverse translation, evaluation of the reverse translation by the author of the original scale, adaptations in the Portuguese version by a committee of experts and completion of pre -test. Such steps allowed the necessary adaptations to be made to the socio-cultural reality and to the level of understanding of the target population. 42 university students aged 18 to 28, of both sexes, from a university located in the Midwest Region of Brazil participated in the pre-test. Results: considering the idiomatic and cultural variations evaluated, the Portuguese version demonstrated equivalence with the North American version. Conclusion: the Brazilian Portuguese version of the scale demonstrated comprehensibility when applied to university students. Further studies evaluating the psychometric properties of the scale are needed.