%0 Journal Article
%T Tradu£¿£¿o e adapta£¿£¿o cultural do Charing Cross Venous Ulcer Questionnaire - Brasil
%A Couto
%A Renata Cardoso
%A Leal
%A Fl¨¢via de Jesus
%A Pitta
%A Guilherme Benjamin Brand£¿o
%A Bezerra
%A Rita de C¨¢ssia B.
%A Segundo
%A Walmir S. S.
%A Porto
%A Tatiana de Mendon£¿a
%J Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV)
%R 10.1590/S1677-54492012000200006
%X background: the translation and cultural adaptation are steps that will allow an instrument created in a particular language and culture might be used in another cultural context. the charing cross venous ulcer questionnaire (ccvuq) is a quality of life questionnaire in english for patients with venous ulcers that need to be translated and culturally adapted to be used in brazil. objective: to translate and culturally adapt to the brazilian the ccvuq. methods: the process consisted of two translations and two back translations performed by freelance translators, evaluation of versions, followed by the development of consensus version and pre-test commented. results: in the process of translating some words and expressions were changed in its literal aspect. pre-test evaluation indicated changes were needed for better understanding of the respondent. the average time to respond to the questionnaire was 5 minutes and 23 seconds. conclusion: the portuguese version of the charing cross venous ulcer questionnaire was translated and adapted for use in brazilian population.
%K questionnaires
%K translating
%K cross-cultural comparison.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1677-54492012000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en