title: Spanish version of the scale of attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics: content validation.
abstract: ABSTACT Objective: to describe the process of translation and cultural adaptation of the scale of attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics into the Spanish language.
  
  
  METHODS
  this was a methodological study, which followed the international guidelines for translation and adaptation of measurement scales.
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the process of translation and cultural adaptation of scale of attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics to the Spanish language, the items were adjusted based on semantic, idiomatic and conceptual equivalence of the expressions contained in the scale of attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics. Content validation indicated satisfactory validity indexes, with Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) (0.97), Content Validity Index (CVI) (0.92), and the Prevalence Adjusted Bias Adjusted Kappa (PABAK) (0.80).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the scale of attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics, adapted and translated into the Spanish language, presented content validity with satisfactory indexes, which affirmed that the instrument was adapted for the Colombian context. The next step will be evaluation of its psychometric properties in order to guarantee reliability for its use in Hispanic populations.
authors.affiliation: Graduate nursing program, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Erika Gisseth León
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.affiliation: Graduate nursing program, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Divane de
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Luz Patrícia Diaz
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Heredia
authors.affiliation: Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá, Colômbia.
authors.forename: Alejandra Sepúlveda
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Corzo
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D057229:Alcoholics / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003105:Colombia; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating