Cross-cultural adaptation of the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire to Argentinian Spanish.
In Argentina, there was not an adapted and validated instrument to evaluate readiness for the transition to adult health care. The purpose of this study was to describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire 5.0 to Argentinian Spanish. The authors of the instrument were contacted to this effect. Stage 1: two translators performed the translation to Spanish. Stage 2: based on these two versions, version 1 was agreed upon. Stage 3: two back-translations were performed. Stages 4 and 5: both back-translated versions were compared, and the Spanish version was adapted to ensure correspondence with the original. Subheads were added in each domain, and version 2 was obtained. Stage 6: the questionnaire was field tested to ensure the cultural adequacy of the vocabulary, thus obtaining version 3. In the last stage (stage 7), the instrument was tested in two hospitals. Finally, the cross-cultural adaptation of the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire 5.0 for the Argentinian population was obtained.
Sección Reumatología Pediátrica, Servicio de Clínica Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. carmen.decunto@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
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Servicio de Clínica Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
Alfredo
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Eymann
Sección Reumatología Pediátrica, Servicio de Clínica Pediátrica, Departamento de Pediatría del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
María de Los Ángeles
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Britos
Becaria de Investigación de Trasplante de Médula Ósea y Crecimiento y Desarrollo del Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan.
Florencia
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González
Servicio de Trasplante de Médula Ósea del Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan.
Mariana
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Roizen
Servicio de Crecimiento y Desarrollo del Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Juan P. Garrahan.
María de Las Mercedes
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Rodríguez Celin
Sección Reumatología, Servicio de Clínica Médica, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.
Enrique
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Soriano Guppy
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001118:Argentina; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D060305:Transition to Adult Care; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
adolescence; chronic diseases; cross-cultural comparison; surveys and questionnaires; transition to adult health care