[Translated article] Transcultural validation of the risk assessment and predictor tool (RAPT) to Spanish

Translation and validation of the risk assessment and prediction tool (RAPT) into Spanish to assess the discharge needs of patients after total hip arthroplasty.

The original RAPT instrument was translated into Spanish following the guidelines of Sousa and Rojjanasrirat, 2011. To carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument to Spanish, the translation method of Guillermin et al., 1993 was used.

One hundred and thirty-four patients were included. The mean age was 71.6 years. Of the patients analyzed in the study, the tool detected that 57.8% required home rehabilitation, 28.9% would be discharged home and 13.3% would require an assessment from the social worker to go to a social health center. The content validity index (CVI) for the entire scale was 0.91. Cronbach's alpha was 0.84.

The RAPT tool has been shown to be highly effective in assessing patients' needs upon discharge. According to the results of the study, 94.2% of the needs identified by the tool coincided with the real needs of the patients. This suggests that the tool may be an efective tool for planning post-discharge care.