title: Burn Sexuality Questionnaire: Brazilian translation, validation and cultural adaptation.
abstract: In measuring the quality of life of burn victims, it is essential that we find reliable and valid means. The Burn Sexuality Questionnaire (BSQ) is a specific instrument that assesses sexuality in the context of quality of life of burn victims. We set out to translate, validate and culturally adapt the BSQ into Brazilian Portuguese. The Portuguese version was applied to 80 patients. After translation, cultural adaptation was performed with 30 patients. We also tested the final version for reliability in 20 patients, and for face, content and construct validities in 30 patients, according to standard procedures. Total Cronbach's alpha was 0.87. Pearson's correlation was significant between scores for different time points. Construct validity was demonstrated with the correlation of the BSQ with the Burn Specific Health Scale-Revised (BSHS-R) questionnaire. It showed significant correlation between the BSQ social comfort domain and the BSHS-R affect and body image (p=0.025), simple function ability (p=0.008), work (p=0.016) and treatment (p=0.037) domains. This cultural adaptation of the BSQ suggests that it is a reliable tool and has construct validity for the social comfort domain. There is still need for a better-structured tool that could possibly evaluate functional and psychological aspects of sexuality, because one could easily overlook the psychosocial aspects of patients with major, complex burns.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Monica Sarto
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Piccolo
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: alfredogf@ig.com.br.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gragnani
authors.affiliation: Attending Physician of Pronto Socorro para Queimaduras, Goiania, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Piccolo
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Daher
authors.affiliation: Attending Physician of CRHD of IPQ FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Tubino Scanavino
authors.affiliation: Universidade Vale do Sapucai, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Brito
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lydia Masako
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D001938:Brazil; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult