TRANSLATION AND TRANSCULTURAL ADAPTATION OF THE SELF-CARE INSTRUMENT OF HEART FAILURE INDEX 6.2 FOR USE IN URUGUAY

• Main Authors: Paula Vanessa Peclat Flores, Pablo Alvarez Rocha, Gabriela Mercedes Ormaechea, Lyvia da Silva Figueiredo, Nathália Sodré Velasco, Ana Carla Dantas Cavalcanti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2019-12-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: self-care; reproducibility of the tests; translation; heart failure methodology in nursing
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.66326
• ISSN: 1414-8536; 2176-9133

Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Self-Care of Heart Failure Index 6.2 instrument for use in Uruguay. Method: A methodological study, performed at a multidisciplinary heart failure care clinic in Uruguay between November 2016 and September 2017. The following stages were developed: translation, synthesis of translated versions, back-translation, expert committee evaluation and pre-test. For the analysis, the content validity index (adequate > 0.9), agreement percentage (adequate ≥ 80%) and Cronbach’s alpha in the pre-test (adequate ≥ 0.70) were used. Result: In the first evaluation, six items displayed CVI < 0.9 and/or a total agreement lower than 70% and for this reason were changed and subsequently reevaluated, reaching CVI > 0.9 and/or an agreement percentage greater than 70%. The internal consistency of the scale was 0.78. Conclusion: The translation and adaptation of this instrument enables the development of multi-center studies by providing the same outcome assessment measures.