[The cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Dissociative Experiences Scale for screening and quantifying dissociative phenomena].
OBJECTIVE
This paper presents the cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the worldwide most employed questionnaire for screening and quantifying dissociative phenomena.


METHODS
Two translations and their respective back-translations were performed, as well as the evaluation of the semantic equivalence, the preparation of the synthetic version, the pre-testing on the target population, the definition of the final version and a second pre-testing on the target population.


RESULTS
A high level of semantic equivalence between the original instrument and the two pairs of translations and back-translations was observed regarding the referential and general meanings. The two pre-testing in the target population led to alterations in order to achieve the semantic and operational equivalence criteria.


CONCLUSIONS
This work provides the first adaptation of a specific instrument to detect and quantify dissociative symptoms in the Brazilian context.
Fiszman
Adriana
A
Instituto de Psiquiatria, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. afiszman@rio.com.br
Cabizuca
Mariana
M
Lanfredi
Claudia
C
Figueira
Ivan
I
D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations