title: Validation of the Brazilian version of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B-Br).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Progressive increases in survival rates from burn trauma have shifted attention to patient rehabilitation and posttraumatic quality of life. The assessment of quality of life is strongly dependent on reliable instruments for its measurement. A literature review has revealed that the Burn Specific Health Scale-Brief (BSHS-B) questionnaire is the most commonly used instrument worldwide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to translate the BSHS-B into the Portuguese language, adapt it culturally to the Brazilian population, and test its psychometric properties.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire was translated into Portuguese; culturally adapted; and tested for reproducibility, face validity, content validity, and construct validity. The translated version was tested on 92 patients with burns. Internal consistency was tested by means of Cronbach's alpha. Construct validity was performed by correlating the BSHS-B questionnaire with the Burn Specific Health Scale-Revised (BSHS-R), BurnSexQ-Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM)/Universidade Federal De São Paulo (UNIFESP), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach's alpha was 0.85. The Pearson correlation coefficients were significant at three time points of the reliability analysis. A significant correlation was observed between BSHS-B domains and BSHS-R, and between RSES and BDI domains. A significant correlation was also observed between BSHS-B and the BurnSexQ-EPM/UNIFESP social comfort and body image domains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The BSHS-B questionnaire was translated into Portuguese. It is a reliable tool in this language, showing face, content, and construct validity. The modified instrument has been named BSHS-B-Br.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Brazil.
authors.forename: Monica Sarto
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Piccolo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Brazil. Electronic address: alfredogf@ig.com.br.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gragnani
authors.affiliation: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goias (PUC), Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Piccolo
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Daher
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil.
authors.forename: Marco de Tubino
authors.initials: Mde T
authors.lastname: Scanavino
authors.affiliation: Universidade do Vale do Sapucai (UNIVAS), Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Brito
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), Brazil.
authors.forename: Lydia Masako
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D002056:Burns / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: BSHS-B; BSHS-B-Br; Burns; Quality of Life; Questionnaires