title: Cultural Adaptation of the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire and Validation of Its Use in the Portuguese Language for Women with Chronic Pelvic Pain.
abstract: Objectivesto translate and adapt the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) to Portuguese and to assess its psychometric properties based on internal consistency, test-retest, factor analysis and divergent and convergent construct validities.MethodsThe study involved 218 participants and was approved by the local Research Ethics Committee. All participants gave written informed consent and their anonymity was ensured. The instrument was translated and culturally adapted for use in the Portuguese language. The internal consistency and factorial analysis were assessed by patients and physicians. Convergent and divergent validities were also assessed specifically for the patient group, as well as test-retest reliability. The Portuguese versions of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used for the analysis of the convergent validity. In addition, we applied a questionnaire of clinical and demographic data for the analysis of the divergent validity.ResultsThe adapted version of the PSQ showed good Cronbach's α and test-retest values, and the results of the convergent construct validity between the PSQ and the PHQ-9 (r = 0.34;p= 0.02) and the STAI (r = 0.47;p= 0.001) were negative, significant and moderate correlations. Divergent validity showed significant correlations only with race and education. The Brazilian Portuguese version of the PSQ proved to be a valid and reliable instrument, with psychometric properties suitable for the assessment of satisfaction among patients with chronic pelvic pain and their physicians in Brazil. The questionnaire may allow the homogenization of reports on this topic in the international literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Omero Benedicto
authors.initials: OB
authors.lastname: Poli-Neto
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Patrícia de Freitas
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Chama
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Adriana Peterson Mariana Salata
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Romão
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Specialized Nursing, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rosana Aparecida Spadoti
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dantas
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Júlio Cesar
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Rosa-E-Silva
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Francisco Jose
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Candido-Dos-Reis
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Alberto
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000628:therapy; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000628:therapy; D011594:Psychometrics; D057566:Self Report; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult