Adaptação transcultural para o português brasileiro do instrumento The Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitudes Scale (Ebas) - Adult Version

Abstract

INTRODUÇÃO: o desconhecimento acerca da epilepsia tem fomentado o interesse em desenvolver ferramentas voltadas para detecção das crenças e atitudes da comunidade em geral acerca da doença. OBJETIVO: apresentar o processo de adaptação transcultural do instrumento The Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitudes Scale (EBAS) - Adult Version e uma versão em português para uso no Brasil. MÉTODO: o processo de adaptação envolveu a equivalência conceitual, de itens, semântica e operacional. RESULTADOS: os conceitos apreendidos foram considerados pertinentes à nossa cultura e seus itens adequados quanto à sua capacidade de representar tais conceitos na população-alvo, além de apresentar boa equivalência semântica entre a versão final em português e o original. CONCLUSÃO: o instrumento mostrou-se adequado para uso na população em geral e seus resultados serão revistos em estudos futuros a luz de avaliações psicométricas.

Beliefs and Attitudes about Childhood Epilepsy among School Teachers in Two Cities of Southeast Brazil

“…After reading the story, participants were asked to select within a Likert scale of four points which of the following responses represent the intensity degree of belief for each item: (4) totally believe, (3) I strongly believe, (2) I believe a little (1) not at all [11]. …”

“…The results showed that the concepts were considered relevant to Brazilian culture and the items were considered appropriate for the ability to represent these concepts in target population and showed good semantic equivalence comparing the final Portuguese version and the original [11]. …”

Beliefs and attitudes towards child epilepsy: A structural equation model

“…Thereafter, participants were instructed to answer part II of the Brazilian version of The Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitudes Scale (EBAS) -Adult Version, in order to investigate their beliefs and attitudes towards childhood epilepsy [9].…”

“…The instrument is divided into: Part I with six questions addressing the participant's general knowledge and experience with epilepsy; Part II containing a story highlighting the symptoms and behaviors during and after an epileptic seizure in a child, followed by 46 beliefs and attitudes associated with childhood epilepsy [9].…”

“…In part II, participants were instructed to read the story and select from a four-point Likert scale which of the following response alternatives represented the intensity/degree of their belief for each of the 46 items: (1) I don't believe it, (2) I believe it a little, (3) I believe it a lot, (4) I completely believe it [9].…”