title: [Evaluation of professional knowledge and attitudes on dementia patient care: a trans-cultural adaptation of an evaluation instrument].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the trans-cultural adaptation of the evaluation instrument entitled Atenció Sanitària de Les Demències: la visió de L' Atenció Primarià from Catalan into versions in Portuguese for doctors and nurses. This study evaluates the knowledge and perspectives of these professionals in their treatment of patients diagnosed with dementia in cases of primary care.
  
  
  METHODS
  The adaptation followed internationally accepted rules, which include the following steps: translation, synthesis, back-translation, revision by a committee of specialists, and a test run with 35 practicing doctors and 35 practicing nurses in Brazil's Family Health Strategy (Estratégia Saúde da Família, or ESF in Portuguese).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The translation, synthesis, and back-translation steps were performed satisfactorily; only small adjustments were required. The committee of specialists verified the face validity in the version translated into Portuguese, and all of the items that received an agreement score lower than 80% during the initial evaluation were revised. In the test run, the difficulties presented by the health care professionals did not reach 15% of the sample, and therefore, no changes were made.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Portuguese translation of the instrument can be considered semantically, idiomatically, culturally, and conceptually equivalent to the original Catalan version and is, therefore, appropriate for use in Brazil.
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gislaine Desani da
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosely Almeida
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cintia Hitomi
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Nursing School of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
authors.forename: Juliane Cibelle Ferreira
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.affiliation: Mato Grosso do Sul State University, Dourados, MS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Regina Martins
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Alvarenga
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Department of Nursing in Public Health, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Amélia de Campos
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D003704:Dementia / Q000628:therapy*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations