The cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Trauma History Questionnaire to identify traumatic experiences.
BACKGROUND
Despite the high prevalence of exposure to traumatic events in Brazil, there are few studies on trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder. This paper presents the cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Trauma History Questionnaire.


METHODS
Two translations and their respective back-translations were made, as well as the evaluation of the semantic equivalence, the preparation of the synthesis version, the pre-testing in the target population and the definition of the final version.


CONCLUSIONS
Similar levels of referential meaning between the two back-translations and the original instrument were observed. Priority was given to the first translation in the decision process for the elaboration of the synthesis version. The pre-testing of this version in the target population confirmed the goal to achieve the semantic and the operational equivalence criteria. This work offers the first adaptation of a specific instrument to detect traumatic experiences in the Brazilian context.
Fiszman
Adriana
A
Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. afiszman@rio.com.br
Cabizuca
Mariana
M
Lanfredi
Claudia
C
Figueira
Ivan
I
D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012660:Semantics; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating