title: Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Lymphoedema Functioning, Disability and Health Questionnaire for Lower Limb Lymphoedema into Portuguese Language.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study is to describe the process of translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Lymphoedema Functioning, Disability, and Health Questionnaire for Lower Limb Lymphoedema (Lymph-ICF-LL) into (Brazilian) Portuguese.
  
  
  METHODS
  The process was comprised of five steps - translation, back translation, revision by an expert panel, pretest, and final translation. The first translation was performed by two professionals of the healthcare area, and the back translation was performed by two translators. An expert panel assessed the questions for semantics and idiomatic, cultural, and conceptual equivalence. The pretest was conducted on 10 patients with lymphedema.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Small differences were identified between the translated and back-translated versions, which were revised by the expert panel. The patients included in the pretest found 10 questions difficult to understand; these questions were reassessed by the same expert panel.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Lymph-ICF-LL resulted in a Brazilian Portuguese version, which still requires validation with various samples of the local population.
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy Service, Cancer Hospital II / José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Kamila Rodrigues
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Physical Therapy Service, Cancer Hospital II / José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raquel Boechat de Moura
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Human Structural Topography Discipline, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mauro Figueiredo Carvalho
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: de Andrade
authors.affiliation: José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Claudio Santos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Thuler
authors.affiliation: José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D035002:Lower Extremity; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations