title: Translation to Portuguese and cultural adaptation of Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire - Parent Form (FAQLQ-PF).
abstract: Food allergy is a health problem with significant negative impact in Quality of Life (QoL). We aimed to translate into Portuguese and culturally adapt to our population the Food Allergy Quality of Life Questionnaire - Parent Form (FAQLQ-PF). Cross-cultural translation was performed according to guidelines. Linguistic validation consisted in 3 steps: forward translation, backward translation and comprehensibility testing. A consensual version was obtained and tested in parents of food allergic children by cognitive debriefing. Twelve questionnaires were fulfilled, all completed in ≤ 15 min. No comments, doubts or suggestions were posed, except for 2 parents regarding a question about the number of food their children had to avoid. Two gave special positive feedback about the utility of FAQLQ-PF. Changes have been included after this pre-test in accordance to doubts and suggestions of participants, and the Portuguese version is now able to be used in clinics and research.
authors.affiliation: Instituto & Hospital CUF Porto, Allergy Unit, Porto, Portugal. Hospital CUF Porto Estrada da Circunvalação 14341 4100-180 Porto, Portugal Phone: +351 91 793 22 83 Fax: +351 22 551 3601 E-mail: marianafercouto@gmail.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Couto
authors.affiliation: Imunoalergologia, Centro Hospitalar São João, E.P.E., Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Allergy Department, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piedade
authors.affiliation: Allergy Department, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal. CEDOC, Chronic Diseases Research Center, Immunology, NOVA Medical School / Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: Lm
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borrego
authors.affiliation: University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of General Practice, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flokstra-de Blok
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College, Cork, Ireland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dunn Galvin
authors.affiliation: Allergy Department, CUF Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morais-Almeida
mesh_terms: D005512:Food Hypersensitivity; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Portuguese; cross-cultural adaption; food allergy; quality of life questionnaires; translation