Abstract:CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Quality of life assessment among patients with brain tumors is important, given that new treatments have increased patient survival. The aim of this study was to translate the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Brain (FACT-Br) questionnaire (version 4) into Portuguese, carry out cross-cultural adaptation and assess its reproducibility. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cohort at the Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp). METHODS: Forty patients with a brain tumor seen at the neuro-oncology … Show more
“…So far, the translation process was similar to that used for the translation of the Saint George Questionnaire for Respiratory Diseases, 12 Airways Questionnaire (AQ 20) 13 and functional assessment of cancer therapy-brain (FACT-BR). 14 In the fourth stage, the group responsible for the research compared the version translated into English with the original version in order to detect any friction relating to culture, thus generating a Portuguese version that would be applied to a sample of patients.…”
Section: Translation Into Portuguese and Cultural Adaptationmentioning
“…So far, the translation process was similar to that used for the translation of the Saint George Questionnaire for Respiratory Diseases, 12 Airways Questionnaire (AQ 20) 13 and functional assessment of cancer therapy-brain (FACT-BR). 14 In the fourth stage, the group responsible for the research compared the version translated into English with the original version in order to detect any friction relating to culture, thus generating a Portuguese version that would be applied to a sample of patients.…”
Section: Translation Into Portuguese and Cultural Adaptationmentioning
The QLQ-BN20 and the FACT-Br are both valid and reliable tools that have been used extensively in the primary brain cancer population. Choice between the two tools should consider each instrument’s individual strengths and weaknesses.
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