title: Translation of the Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire to an Indian language: A description of the process.
abstract: The Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ) which is a reliable, efficient and easy to administer instrument is used to assess the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP). In order to understand cross cultural perspectives using this instrument, a key process is translation of the instrument. The process of translation is often overlooked and hence the quality of the translated instrument may suffer. This paper highlights the robust process adopted for translating the BAPQ into one of the Indian languages - Kannada, using the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines. The translated instrument was tested on a pilot sample of parents of 10 children with ASD and parents of 11 typically developing children. The results are in congruence with the published literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: ssmeeras@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shoba Sreenath
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Meera
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Satish Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Girimaji
authors.affiliation: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Shekar P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Seshadri
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Mariamma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shivashankar
authors.affiliation: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Parlier
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.affiliation: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piven
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating
keywords: Broad Autism Phenotype; Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire; ISPOR guidelines; Translation; WHO guidelines