Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool in Brazilian culture

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. e20230505 - 7
• Main Authors: Gasparino, Renata Cristina, Silva, Sharlla Milênia Nogueira da, Minatogawa, Letícia Bianchini de Barros, Ribeiro, Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes, Bernardes, Andrea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01-01-2024
• Subjects: Adaptation; Brazil; Brazilian culture; Collaboration; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Decision making; Health; Health Facility Environment; Humans; Multidisciplinary teams; Nurses; Occupational Health - standards; Original; Patient safety; Professional ethics; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Psychometrics - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Surveys and Questionnaires; Translating; Validation Study; Work environment; Working Conditions; Workplace - psychology; Workplace - standards; Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0505

to adapt and validate the content of the Healthy Work Environment Assessment Tool for Brazilian culture, and evaluate the practical aspects of its application.
methodological study that followed six stages: translation; synthesis; back translation; content validation by a group of experts, pre-testing and approval of the process by the author of the original instrument.
the first three stages were carried out by contracted companies. In the committee, two items and the title of a subscale were evaluated in a second round, when consensus was reached among experts. In the pre-test, more than 93% of professionals agreed that the tool was easy to understand. The average completion time was 8.53 minutes. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses authorized publication of the results.
the adaptation of the tool to Brazilian culture was completed following the adopted framework. In addition to the evidence of content validity, the tool appears promising for managerial use.