Cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the protocol Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily

Abstract

Study carried out at the Center of Voice Studies -CEV -São Paulo (SP), Brazil.(1) Center of Voice Studies -CEV -São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Conflict of interests: nothing to declare. translated to Brazilian Portuguese, the back-translation into English was done. The items of the translated version were compared with the original instrument and the discrepancies were modified by consensus of a committee composed of five speech language pathologists. The Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily for Brazil (EASE-BR) has 22 questions with four alternatives: "no," "mildly," "moderately," and "extremely."The score is obtained by the simple sum of all answers. The three positive items (6, 12, and 21) require reverse score. For cultural equivalence, the EASE-BR was applied with 41 Brazilian singers, with an extra item in the answer key -"not applicable." The aim of this extra key was to identify issues that might not have been understood or were not appropriate for the target population and the Brazilian culture. Results: Of the 32 singers, 5 who were initially evaluated had difficulties to answer 3 of the 22 questions. Therefore, the adaptation of those sentences was necessary. Afterward, the modified EASE-BR was applied to nine singers, and no more cultural and/or conceptual barriers were found. Conclusion: Cultural equivalence was observed between EASE and its translated version to the Brazilian Portuguese, the EASE-BR. Validation of the EASE for Brazilian Portuguese is in progress. RESUMO Objetivo: Realizar a equivalência cultural da versão brasileira do protocolo Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily(EASE), por meio de sua adaptação cultural e linguística. Métodos: Após tradução do EASE para o Português brasileiro e retrotradução para o Inglês, realizou-se a comparação dos itens com o instrumento original, sendo as discrepâncias existentes modificadas por consenso por um comitê composto por cinco fonoaudiólogos, chegandose ao Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily para o Brasil (EASE-BR), com 22 questões e quatro alternativas na chave de resposta: "não", "um pouco", "moderadamente" e "muito". A pontuação é a soma simples de todas as respostas, sendo que os três itens com aspectos positivos (6, 12 e 21) exigem pontuação reversa. Para a equivalência cultural, o EASE-BR foi aplicado em um total de 41 cantores brasileiros, com acréscimo da opção "não aplicável" na chave de respostas, para identificação de questões não compreendidas ou não apropriadas para a população-alvo e a cultura brasileira.

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