title: [Questionnaire of Diabetes Self-Care Activities: translation, cross-cultural adaptation and evaluation of psychometric properties].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To translate into Portuguese, perform cross-cultural adaptation and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire - SDSCA.
  
  
  METHODS
  The process followed the international guidelines for the adaptation and evaluation of psychometric properties. The Cronbach's alpha (α) was determined to evaluate the internal consistency (inter-itens correlation) and the reliability (test-retest and inter-evaluator correlation).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The inter-itens correlation showed values of α = 0.09 to α = 0.86. In the test-retest evaluation, the lowest correlation was obtained for the item "eat sweets" (α = 0.15) and the highest correlation was obtained for the items concerning smoking (α = 1.00). The inter-evaluator correlations varied from α = 0.29 to α = 1.00.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The adapted questionnaire showed psychometric properties similar to those of the SDSCA. Its Brazilian version provides a reliable and valid questionnaire to evaluate diabetic patient adherence to self-care in our community.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. murilomichels@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Murilo José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Michels
authors.forename: Marisa Helena César
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Coral
authors.forename: Thiago Mamôru
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Sakae
authors.forename: Tanise Balvedi
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Damas
authors.forename: Letícia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Furlanetto
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating; D014177:Translations