Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Diabetes Attitudes Scale - third version into Brazilian Portuguese

• Published in: Revista latino-americana de enfermagem Vol. 25; p. e2875
• Main Authors: Vieira, Gisele de Lacerda Chaves, Pagano, Adriana Silvino, Reis, Ilka Afonso, Rodrigues, Júlia Santos Nunes, Torres, Heloísa de Carvalho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: Brazil Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 08.01.2018; Universidade de São Paulo
• Subjects: Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud; Diabetes Mellitus; Estudios de Validación; Incuestas y Cuestionarios; NURSING; Reproducibilidad de Resultados; Traducción; Reproducibility of Results; Incuestas y Cuestionarios; Reprodutibilidade dos Testes; Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud; Traducción; Diabetes Mellitus; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Inquéritos e Questionários; Estudios de Validación; Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde; Tradução; Estudos de Validação; Translating; Validation Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Reproducibilidad de Resultados
• ISSN: 1518-8345; 1518-8345
• DOI: 10.1590/1518-8345.1404.2875

to perform the translation, adaptation and validation of the Diabetes Attitudes Scale - third version instrument into Brazilian Portuguese. methodological study carried out in six stages: initial translation, synthesis of the initial translation, back-translation, evaluation of the translated version by the Committee of Judges (27 Linguists and 29 health professionals), pre-test and validation. The pre-test and validation (test-retest) steps included 22 and 120 health professionals, respectively. The Content Validity Index, the analyses of internal consistency and reproducibility were performed using the R statistical program. in the content validation, the instrument presented good acceptance among the Judges with a mean Content Validity Index of 0.94. The scale presented acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.60), while the correlation of the total score at the test and retest moments was considered high (Polychoric Correlation Coefficient = 0.86). The Intra-class Correlation Coefficient, for the total score, presented a value of 0.65. the Brazilian version of the instrument (Escala de Atitudes dos Profissionais em relação ao Diabetes Mellitus) was considered valid and reliable for application by health professionals in Brazil.