title: [Cultural adaptation of the scale Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia - PAINAD to Brazil].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To translate and culturally adapt to Brazil the scale Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia(PAINAD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The cultural adaptation process followed the methodology of a theorical reference, in five steps: translation to Brazilian Portuguese, consensual version of translations, back-translation to the original language, revision by a committee of specialists in the field and a equivalency pre-test. The instrument was assessed and applied by 27 health professionals in the last step.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Escala de Avaliação de Dor em Demência Avançada was culturally adapted to Brazil and presented semantic equivalency to the original, besides clarity, applicability and easy comprehension of the instrument items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This process secured the psychometric properties as the reliability and content validity of the referred scale.
authors: Nursing Department, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, gabrielagallego86@hotmail.com.
authors: Gabriela Gallego
authors: GG
authors: Valera
authors: Nursing Department, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors: Natália Lindemann
authors: NL
authors: Carezzato
authors: Medical Department, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors: Francisco Assis Carvalho
authors: FA
authors: Vale
authors: Nursing Department, Center of Biological Sciences and Health, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
authors: Priscilla
authors: P
authors: Hortense
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003704:Dementia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations