Evaluation of professional knowledge and attitudes on dementia patient care: a trans-cultural adaptation of an evaluation instrument

To describe the trans-cultural adaptation of the evaluation instrument entitled Atenció Sanitària de Les Demències: la visió de L' Atenció Primarià from Catalan into versions in Portuguese for doctors and nurses. This study evaluates the knowledge and perspectives of these professionals in thei...

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Published in:	Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P Vol. 49; no. 2; pp. 298 - 308
Main Authors:	Costa, Gislaine Desani da, Souza, Rosely Almeida, Yamashita, Cintia Hitomi, Pinheiro, Juliane Cibelle Ferreira, Alvarenga, Márcia Regina Martins, Oliveira, Maria Amélia de Campos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English Portuguese
Published:	Brazil Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem 01-04-2015 SciELO
Subjects:	Adult Anciano Atención Primaria de Salud Attitude of Health Personnel Brazil Comparación Transcultural Cross-Cultural Comparison Cultural Characteristics Demencia Dementia - therapy Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans NURSING Personal de Salud Surveys and Questionnaires Translations Brazil Anciano Idoso Comparação Transcultural Pessoal de Saúde Demencia Demência Atención Primaria de Salud Cross-Cultural Comparison Health Personnel Aged Primary Health Care Personal de Salud Atenção Primária à Saúde Dementia Comparación Transcultural
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Summary:	To describe the trans-cultural adaptation of the evaluation instrument entitled Atenció Sanitària de Les Demències: la visió de L' Atenció Primarià from Catalan into versions in Portuguese for doctors and nurses. This study evaluates the knowledge and perspectives of these professionals in their treatment of patients diagnosed with dementia in cases of primary care. The adaptation followed internationally accepted rules, which include the following steps: translation, synthesis, back-translation, revision by a committee of specialists, and a test run with 35 practicing doctors and 35 practicing nurses in Brazil's Family Health Strategy (Estratégia Saúde da Família, or ESF in Portuguese). The translation, synthesis, and back-translation steps were performed satisfactorily; only small adjustments were required. The committee of specialists verified the face validity in the version translated into Portuguese, and all of the items that received an agreement score lower than 80% during the initial evaluation were revised. In the test run, the difficulties presented by the health care professionals did not reach 15% of the sample, and therefore, no changes were made. The Portuguese translation of the instrument can be considered semantically, idiomatically, culturally, and conceptually equivalent to the original Catalan version and is, therefore, appropriate for use in Brazil.
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ISSN:	0080-6234 1980-220X 0080-6234
DOI:	10.1590/S0080-623420150000200016