Brazilian Portuguese translation, cross-cultural adaptation and reproducibility assessment of the modified Bristol Stool Form Scale for children

Abstract

The Brazilian Portuguese modified Bristol Stool Form Scale for children is reproducible; it can be applied in clinical practice and in scientific research in Brazil.

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“…The Bristol Stool Form Scale 21 , as validated for use in Brazilian Portuguese 22 , was used to assess the characteristics of the patients' feces. Seven drawings of different types of stool were shown to the patients, who selected their predominant type on the basis of shape and consistency.…”

Brazilian Portuguese version of the Amsterdam infant stool scale: a valid and reliable scale for evaluation of stool from children up to 120 days old

“…Step 1: translation and cross-cultural adaptation Aiming to maintain the quality of the cultural adaptation process, the scale was translated and adapted according to the internationally recommended methodology [9][10][11], incurring six phases:…”

“…Phase 5: application of the pre-test and assessment of the degree of understanding The pre-test was applied to a sample of 40 adults, 20 healthcare professionals and 20 adults who were literate and did not work in the health field [9][10][11][12][13][14]. These participants each evaluated a stool photograph of a newborn by applying the translated version of AISS.…”

“…The AISS proved to be more useful to evaluate the bowel pattern of children who still use diapers, compared to the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) [2] and its use has also been increasing [5][6][7][8]. However, to be used in clinical practice and scientific investigations in Brazil, it is mandatory to perform the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process for Brazilian Portuguese language [9][10][11]. Therefore, we carried out translation and cross-cultural adaptation of AISS into Brazilian Portuguese and evaluated the psychometric properties of the translated version.…”

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“…The following assessment instruments will be applied: a questionnaire addressing the current clinical status (Fig. 1); the modified Bristol Stool Form Scale for children (mBSFS-C) [28–30] to analyze the stool consistency (see mBSTS-C, Supplemental Digital Content 4); the bowel function score (BF-S) [31] to evaluate the functional status of bowel habits (see BF-S, Supplemental Digital Content 5); the fecal continence index (FCI) questionnaire, [32,33] based on the clinical evaluation of fecal continence (see FCI, Supplemental Digital Content 6); the assessment of quality of life in children and adolescents with fecal incontinence (AQLCAFI) [32,33] (see AQLCAFI, Supplemental Digital Content 7) and the pediatric quality of life inventory version 4.0 (PEDsQL 4.0) [34,35] to assess the quality of life (see PEDsQL 4.0, Supplemental Digital Content 8); and a questionnaire addressing the evaluation of the applicability of the PTNS daily home sessions (Fig. 2).…”