Functional performance assessment scale for children and adolescents with cancer: cross-cultural study

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 77; no. 2; p. e20230331
• Main Authors: Carmo, Sandra Alves do, Oliveira, Isabel Cristina Dos Santos, Cardoso, Soraya Bactuli, Gois, Jakcilane Rosendo de, Costa, Cícero Ivan Alcantara, Noronha, Roberta Dantas Breia de, Souza, Tania Vignuda de, José, Sabrina Ayd Pereira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Adolescent; Brazil; Child; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Female; Humans; Male; Neoplasms - psychology; Nursing Methodology Research; Oncology; Original; Pediatric Nursing; Physical Functional Performance; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Psychometrics - methods; Psychometrics - standards; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Translating; Translations; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0331

to describe the methodological process of cross-cultural adaptation of the PlayPerformance Scale for Children to Brazilian Portuguese. 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. 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. the scale was cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. The need for psychometric testing in a consistent sample is emphasized.