Qualidade de vida e saúde bucal em crianças - parte II: versão brasileira do Child Perceptions Questionnaire

Abstract

The Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ(11-14)) is a self-administered instrument for the assessment of oral health-related quality of life in children. The objective of this study was to translate and adapt the questionnaire for use in Brazil. The questionnaire was translated from the English original into Brazilian Portuguese using the back-translation method (English/Portuguese/English), followed by evaluation by the review committee and cultural adaptation in a sample of 20 children. Eleven- to fourteen-year-old children did not understand some questions of the questionnaire. Initially, questions 4 and 11 showed an index of "incomprehensibility" in excess of 15%. The necessary cultural adapations were made and the third Portuguese version of CPQ11-14 was self-applied on a new sample of 20 children. Only one question (40) was misunderstood and modified. The fourth Portuguese version was considered adequate by more than 95% of the children evaluated. The Portuguese version of CPQ(11-14) is a useful instrument for assessing oral health-related quality of life in Brazilian children.

Avaliação da experiência de cárie e qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde bucal de escolares

“…Para avaliar a QVRSB, utilizou-se o instrumento Child Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ [11][12][13][14], traduzido e validado para a população brasileira (9) . Esse instrumento avalia o impacto da condição bucal da criança em quatro domínios da saúde -sintomas bucais, limitações funcionais, bemestar emocional e bem-estar social -, em 37 itens.…”

“…Dessa forma, a avaliação da qualidade de vida e da percepção individual no seu contexto cultural, seus valores no meio em que vive, sua relação com os seus objetivos, expectativas, parâmetros e conceitos, vem sendo incluída na avaliação clínica, como forma de priorizar tratamentos e implementar estratégias de saúde bucal (4,7,8) . O interesse pela qualidade de vida e saúde bucal em crianças vem aumentando, já que as desordens orais provavelmente apresentam efeito negativo na qualidade de vida das mesmas (9) .…”

Comportamento de cidadania organizacional: versão brasileira da escala Comportamentos de Cidadania Organizacional para Trabalhadores do Conhecimento

“…Similar procedures were adopted by Barbosa and Gavião (2011) when they adapted a questionnaire about quality of life and oral health in Brazil. Despite the similarities between the back-translation and the original version, the authors opted to change some terms considered to be unsatisfactory in terms of the respondents' comprehension.…”

“…As Epstein, Santo and Guillemin (2015) recommend, if this questionnaire is available in other languages, researchers should adapt and validate it instead of creating a new one, because cross-cultural adaptation is quicker, and it is assumed that it will produce equivalent measures. Thus, it is important that the instrument be translated to the language of the country in which it will be used, and that it be adapted to the socio-cultural characteristics of the investigated population, which will make a faithful evaluation possible (BARBOSA and GAVIÃO, 2011).…”

Translation and Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Oral Health Literacy Assessment-Spanish to Brazilian Portuguese

“…Therefore, it is important for the instrument not to be literally translated into the language of the country where it will be used; the translators must take into account the cultural characteristics and linguistic contexts in which instrument will be used, as these factors may influence the validity and reliability of the reports obtained. In addition, it must be easily administered and its application must not require much time [9]. Several methods have been proposed for the process of cultural adaptation of questionnaires, ranging from direct translation of the instrument to a methodology that comprises several steps in the translation/retranslation process [10].…”