Cross-cultural adaptation of discrimination and vigilance scales in ELSA-Brasil

Authors

  • Rosane Harter Griep Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Educação em Ambiente e Saúde. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6250-2036
  • Fernanda Esthefane Garrides Oliveira Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca. Programa de Epidemiologia em Saúde Pública. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1463-6945
  • Odaleia Barbosa de Aguiar Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Instituto de Nutrição. Departamento de Nutrição Aplicada. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9951-042X
  • Arlinda B. Moreno Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca. Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8282-6521
  • Márcia Guimarães de Mello Alves Universidade Federal Fluminense. Instituto de Saúde Coletiva. Departamento de Planejamento em Saúde. Niterói, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-5941
  • Ana Luisa Patrão Universidade do Porto. Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação. Centro de Psicologia. Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2027-5461
  • Maria de Jesus Mendes da Fonseca Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca. Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5319-5513
  • Dóra Chor Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca. Departamento de Epidemiologia e Métodos Quantitativos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3941-5786

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004278

Keywords:

Social Discrimination, classification, Psychometrics, Translating, Reproducibility of Results, Validation Study

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation for the use in Brazil of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS) and the Heightened Vigilance Scale (HVS) applied in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). METHODS: Conceptual, item and semantic equivalence analyses were conducted by a group of four epidemiologists; evaluation of measurement equivalence (factorial analysis of configural, metric and scalar structures, according to sociodemographic characteristics) and reliability. A total of 11,987 participants responded to the discrimination scale, and a subsample of 260 people participated in the test-retest study. In the case of HVS, 8,916 people responded, while 149 individuals did so in the test-retest study. RESULTS: The scales presented conceptual, item and semantic equivalence pertinent in the Brazilian context, in addition to adequate correspondence of referential/denotative meaning of terms and also of the general/connotative of the items. The confirmatory factor analysis of EDS revealed a unidimensional structure, with residual correlations between two pairs of items, presenting configural and metric invariance among the four subgroups evaluated. Scalar invariance was identified according to sex and age group, but it was not observed for race/color and education. Heightened vigilance showed low loads and high residuals, with inadequate adjustment indicators. For the items of the discrimination scale the weighted kappa coefficient (Kp) ranged from 0.44 to 0.78, and the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) was 0.87. For HVS items, the Kp ranged from 0.47 to 0.59 and the ICC was 0.83. CONCLUSIONS: Although there are correlated items, it was concluded that the EDS is a promising scale to evaluate experiences of perceived discrimination in Brazilian daily life. However, the heightened vigilance scale did not present equivalence of measurement in the current format.

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2022-12-07

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Griep, R. H., Oliveira, F. E. G., Aguiar, O. B. de, Moreno, A. B., Alves, M. G. de M., Patrão, A. L., Fonseca, M. de J. M. da ., & Chor, D. (2022). Cross-cultural adaptation of discrimination and vigilance scales in ELSA-Brasil. Revista De Saúde Pública, 56, 110. https://doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2022056004278

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