Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template for the Brazilian Context

Abstract

Objective: to translate, cross-culturally adapt, and validate the content of the Knowledge Translation Planning Template, a research dissemination planning tool, into Brazilian Portuguese. Method: this is a methodological study, sequentially divided into six stages: initial translation, translation synthesis, back-translation, judges' committee, pre-test, and approval of the adapted version by the instrument author. The judge's committee assessed content validity using the modified Kappa and Content Validity Index. The test was conducted with teachers and students from a Federal University of Santa Catarina graduate program. Results: the process of translating and back-translating the tool showed no discrepancies in terms of meaning. The committee was composed of seven judges who carried out semantic, cultural, and conceptual evaluations and made notes on the translation of the content. At this stage, the content validity showed excellent values for the Content Validity Index and modified Kappa, with 0.99 and 0.816, respectively. The tool was tested with 30 teachers and postgraduate students, where 90% of the respondents considered the tool to be sufficiently comprehensive and that all the items were relevant to the purpose of the instrument. In the last stage, the documents were analyzed together with the author of the original tool and the final version was approved. Conclusion: the Modelo de Planejamento de Tradução do Conhecimento results from a careful translation process, cross-cultural adaptation, and tool content validation. This has resulted in a tool that is applicable and understood by the target audience, which shows consistency in the equivalence of translation and cross-cultural adaptation for Brazil.