title: Quality of life in menopausal women: a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Cervantes Scale.
abstract: We present the translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Cervantes Scale to Brazilian Portuguese. The Cervantes Scale (CS) was originally described in Spanish, and is a tool to measure health-related quality of life in perimenopausal and menopausal women. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 180 women aged 45 to 64 years. In addition to the CS, the following questionnaires were applied: Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) and abbreviated version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (Abbreviated WHOQOL-bref). In conclusion, the Brazilian Portuguese version of the CS is easy to apply and understand. The evaluation of its psychometric properties was satisfactory, and it can be applied to assess health-related QoL in Brazilian perimenopausal and menopausal women.
authors.affiliation: Post-Graduate Program in Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, 90040-060 Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: José E M
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palacios
authors.forename: Maria C O
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Wender
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012923:Social Class; D014175:Translating