title: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Social and Emotional Questionnaire on Dementia for the Brazilian population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Impairments in social and emotional functioning may affect the communication skills and interpersonal relationships of people with dementia and their caregivers. This study had the aim of presenting the steps involved in the cross-cultural adaptation of the Social and Emotional Questionnaire (SEQ) for the Brazilian population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-cultural adaptation study, conducted at the Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders in a public university.
  
  
  METHODS
  The process adopted in this study required six consecutive steps: initial translation, translation synthesis, back translation, committee of judges, pretesting of final version and submission to the original author.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In general, the items had semantic, idiomatic, conceptual and experiential equivalence. During the first pretest, people with dementia and their caregivers had difficulties in understanding some items relating to social skills, which were interpreted ambiguously. New changes were made to allow better adjustment to the target population and, following this, a new pretest was performed. This pre-test showed that the changes were relevant and gave rise to the final version of the instrument. There was no correlation between education level and performance in the questionnaire, among people with dementia (P = 0.951).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Social and Emotional Questionnaire was well understood and, despite the cultural and linguistic differences, the constructs of the original version were maintained.
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Belfort
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bramham
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology and Political Science, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Simões Neto
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Barroso de
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel Luiza dos
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcela Moreira Lima
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rachel Dias Lopes da
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.affiliation: Center for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcia Cristina Nascimento
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dourado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations