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Functional performance assessment scale for children and adolescents with cancer: cross-cultural study
Sandra Alves do Carmo1, Isabel Cristina Dos Santos Oliveira2, Soraya Bactuli Cardoso3
1Secretaria Municipal de Saúde. Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objectives:
to describe the methodological process of cross-cultural adaptation of the PlayPerformance Scale for Children to Brazilian Portuguese.
Methods:
methodological study of translation and cross-cultural adaptation in six stages: translation, synthesis of translations, back-translation, evaluation by a committee of judges, evaluation by expert nurses, and pretest. The agreement and representativeness of the items were assessed using the content validity index. A minimum value of 80% agreement was considered.
Results:
all stages of the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process were satisfactory. In the evaluation performed by the committee of judges, all items obtained agreement above 80%. Fifteen pediatric nurses conducted the content validation, suggesting necessary modifications for understanding and application. Thirty children and adolescents with cancer were assessed with the scale for the pre-test.
Conclusions:
the scale was cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. The need for psychometric testing in a consistent sample is emphasized.
