Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the instrument Diabetes - 39 (D-39): brazilian version for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients - stage 1

Authors

  • Flávia Alline de Queiroz Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Ana Emilia Pace WHO; Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development
  • Claudia Benedita dos Santos WHO; Centre for Nursing Research Development

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000500018

Keywords:

quality of life, diabetes mellitus, type 2, validation studies

Abstract

The study aimed to accomplish a cross-cultural adaptation of the "Diabetes - 39 - D-39" instrument for Brazil, to test the validity of the adapted version in a sample of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and to describe the participants of the study, according to the scores obtained on the Likert-type scale. The instrument adaptation process followed several steps: instrument translation; achievement of the consensus in Portuguese; evaluation by an expert committee; back-translation; achievement of the consensus in English; comparison of the original and consensus versions in English; semantic analysis and pre-test of the Portuguese version. Results showed that the instrument items, in the first stage of cultural adaptation to Portuguese, presented high internal consistency levels.

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Published

2009-10-01

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 5 (2009)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the instrument Diabetes - 39 (D-39): brazilian version for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients - stage 1. (2009). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 17(5), 708-715. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692009000500018