title: Spanish transcultural adaptation of the Leuven Itch Scale.
abstract: Itching is one of the most frequent symptoms, and most resistant to treatment, relating to scar formation after burns. The Leuven Itch Scale is a questionnaire which has been validated for use in burns, analysing different clinical dimensions of pruritus. However, until now there was no Spanish version available for use with Spanish-speaking patients. This article presents the process of the academic translation of the questionnaire in order to obtain a Spanish version, and the final version of the questionnaire. We followed a translation/back-translation methodology with a final pilot test on a sample of burn patients. The final result fills a major gap in the quality-of-life questionnaires available in Spanish.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain. Electronic address: vyustebenavente@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Valentín
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yuste
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agulló
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Murilo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Albiñana
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Plástica, Reconstructiva y Grandes Quemados, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monclús
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards; D014177:Translations