Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Neck Dissection Assessment Tool to Spanish Language
Carlos M Chiesa-Estomba1,2, Miguel Mayo-Yanez2,3, Jerome R Lechien2,4
1Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Hospital Universitario Donostia, Biodonostia Research Institute, San Sebastián, Spain.
Introduction:
Training in Head and Neck surgery represents a complex process always in evolution. Due to the absence of specific surgical evaluation tools to assess neck dissection performance by residents during training, finding a proper way to evaluate those standards will be a matter of debate for decades, and continues to be a pending task in the field.
Objective:
Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the TSCND questionnaire to the Spanish language.
Methods:
A prospective data collection, about the performance of Spanish TSCND measured with Cronbach α.
Results:
Internal consistency of the task-specific checklist section measured was 0.752 (95% CI = 0.638 to 0.839) with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.749 (95% CI = 0.651-0.837). Internal consistency of the global rating scale section measured with Cronbach α was 0.788 (95% CI = 0.681 to 0.865) with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.789 (95% CI = 0.703-0.857).
Conclusion:
The development of specific tools to support surgical training education makes it possible to improve surgical skills evaluation. The Spanish translation of the TSCND is a reliable option for Spanish-Speaking surgical training and trainers in the development of an up-to-date competency-based curriculum.
