Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the instrument Diabetes - 39 (D-39): brazilian version for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients - stage 1.
The study aimed to accomplish a cross-cultural adaptation of the 'Diabetes - 39 - D-39' instrument for Brazil, to test the validity of the adapted version in a sample of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and to describe the participants of the study, according to the scores obtained on the Likert-type scale. The instrument adaptation process followed several steps: instrument translation; achievement of the consensus in Portuguese; evaluation by an expert committee; back-translation; achievement of the consensus in English; comparison of the original and consensus versions in English; semantic analysis and pre-test of the Portuguese version. Results showed that the instrument items, in the first stage of cultural adaptation to Portuguese, presented high internal consistency levels.
Queiroz
Flávia Alline de
FA
Universidade de São Paulo, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development, Brazil. fallqnurse@yahoo.com.br
Pace
Ana Emilia
AE
Santos
Claudia Benedita dos
CB
D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results