title: Transcultural adaptation of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool.
abstract: to perform the transcultural adaptation and content validity analysis of the Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool to assess both fall risk and fall-related injury risk for hospitalized elderly in Brazil.
  
  
  
  the transcultural adaptation consisted of translating the scale to Portuguese (Brazil), back-translating it into its language of origin, establishing a consensus version, and having an expert committee verify its transcultural equivalence. Content assessment was conducted by a committee of judges, ending with the calculation of the items and scales' content validity index. Nurses tested the tool.
  
  
  
  the scale's translated version went through two evaluation rounds by the judges, based on which, the items with unsatisfactory performance were changed. The content validity index for the items was ≥80.0% and the global index 97.1%. The experimental application showed the scale is user-friendly.
  
  
  
  the scale presents valid content for the assessment of fall risk and risk of fall-related injuries and is easy to use, with the potential to contribute to the proper identification of risks and the establishment of care actions.
authors: PhD, RN, WAF Informática, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Maria Carmen
authors: MC
authors: Martinez
authors: RN, Specialist in Surgical Center, Unidade de Internação, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Viviane Ernesto
authors: VE
authors: Iwamoto
authors: PhD, Full Professor, Faculdade de Saúde Pública, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira
authors: Mdo R
authors: Latorre
authors: RN, Unidade de Internação, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Adriana Moreira
authors: AM
authors: Noronha
authors: Analist, Núcleo de Epidemiologia, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ana Paula de Sousa
authors: AP
authors: Oliveira
authors: RN, Specialist in Intensive Care and Cardiology, Unidade de Internação, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Carlos Eduardo Alves
authors: CE
authors: Cardoso
authors: RN, Pronto Socorro Infantil, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ifigenia Augusta Braga
authors: IA
authors: Marques
authors: Doctoral Student, Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Assistant Director, Divisão de Pneumologia, Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Patrícia
authors: P
authors: Vendramim
authors: Coordinator, Núcleo de Oncologia, Núcleo de Oncologia, Hospital Samaritano de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Paula Cristina
authors: PC
authors: Lopes
authors: RN, Hospital Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors: Thais Helena Saes de
authors: TH
authors: Sant'Ana
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment