Cultural Adaptation and Reliability Analysis of the Modified Dyspnea Index for the Brazilian Culture

Authors

  • Cinthya Tamie Passos Miura Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciência Médicas
  • Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme Gallani Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciência Médicas
  • Gabriela de Barros Leite Domingues Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciência Médicas
  • Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Faculdade de Ciência Médicas
  • James K. Stoller Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000500025

Keywords:

Dyspnea, Coronary Disease, Reproducibility of Results, Validation Studies

Abstract

This study aims to present the cross-cultural adaptation process of the Modified Dyspnea Index to the Brazilian culture and to investigate its content validity and reliability. This process included the steps of translation, back translation and review by two experts to assess semantic, conceptual, idiomatic, cultural and metabolic equivalence. The Index of Content Validity was used to evaluate the extent of inter-observer agreement. A Guide to implement the Modified Dyspnea Index was developed and validated. Two different professionals assessed the reliability of the Brazilian version of the Modified Dyspnea Index, according to the inter-observer equivalence criterion, with 31 patients, indicating a Kappa coefficient=0.960 (p<0.001). In conclusion, the Brazilian version of MDI presented evidence of interobserver equivalence when applied by different health professionals in the population of cardiac patients.

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Published

2010-10-01

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 5 (2010)

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Original Articles

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Cultural Adaptation and Reliability Analysis of the Modified Dyspnea Index for the Brazilian Culture . (2010). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 18(5), 1020-1030. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692010000500025