title: [First stage of the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument The Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) to Portuguese].
abstract: The aim of this study was to describe the initial stages of the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument The Vulnerable Elders Survey (VES-13) for use in the context of cancer care in Brazil. Two translations into Portuguese and two back-translations into English were carried out independently, and a formal assessment of the general and referential meanings was performed in order to obtain a synthesis version. Understanding of the synthesis version was evaluated in a pretest applied to 33 patients in an oncologic hospital of the Brazilian Unified National Health System (SUS). The version was easily applied in the intended context and was well-accepted by elders. The Portuguese version of the VES-13 proved to be well understood and adequate for testing its psychometric qualities. The latter step is currently in the final phase.
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. laercioll@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Laércio Lima
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: Lívia Maria
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: João Francisco Santos da
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Inês Echenique
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Mattos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012660:Semantics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations