The Danish Version of the Problem Areas in Diabetes-Teen (PAID-T) Scale: Translation and Linguistic Validation

Diabetes distress is often seen in adolescents with Type 1 diabetes (T1D). Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) is the most frequently used scale to assess diabetes distress in clinical settings, but the version for teenagers has not been translated into Danish and validated before now.

This study describes the translation into Danish of the PAID-T scale, which was developed to measure emotional distress in teenagers with diabetes.

The study was conducted in two phases. First, the PAID-T was translated into Danish based on the guidelines from the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcome Research and a forwardbackward translation procedure. Second, cognitive interviews were conducted, and the Danish version of the PAID-T was modified to ensure linguistic equivalence with the original scale in English.

The Danish version of the PAID-T questionnaire was found to be understandable and relevant for adolescents with T1D. No questions were found to be irrelevant. However, the cognitive interviews showed that the issue of balancing alcohol intake and blood sugar levels was not covered by PAID-T, although this was found relevant in the Danish target group.

This study described the translation and linguistic validation of the PAID-T scale into Danish. After modifications based on the feedback from the cognitive interviews, the Danish version was found to be linguistically equivalent to the original English version.