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Instrument translation process: a methods review.

Wantana Maneesriwongul1, Jane K Dixon

  • 1Nursing Department, Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. rawlp@mahidol.ac.th

Journal of Advanced Nursing
|September 17, 2004
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High-quality instrument translation is crucial for cross-cultural nursing research. This review classifies translation methods, highlighting the need for standardized, validated approaches to ensure accuracy in international studies.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Research
  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Health Sciences

Background:

  • Cross-cultural and international collaborative nursing research requires instrument translation.
  • Evaluating translation adequacy is essential for study validity.
  • Existing methods for instrument translation in nursing vary in quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe and classify processes of instrument translation in published nursing research.
  • To evaluate the adequacy of translation methods used in cross-cultural studies.
  • To identify areas for improvement in translation methodologies.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review of studies involving the translation of quantitative research instruments.
  • Inclusion of 47 relevant studies.

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  • Classification of translation methods into six distinct categories.

    • Main Results:

    • Studies employed various translation strategies, including forward-only translation and back-translation.
    • The most common method was back-translation with monolingual testing (18 studies).
    • Diverse methodologies with varying strengths and weaknesses were identified.

    Conclusions:

    • Nursing research exhibits diverse and inconsistent methods for instrument translation.
    • A consensus on achieving high-quality instrument translation in cross-cultural research is needed.
    • Researchers must prioritize and report evidence of translation accuracy and validity.