Semantic validation of the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools (ICAST) in Brazilian Portuguese

Abstract

Objective: The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Child Abuse Screening Tools (ICAST) is a battery of questionnaires created by the World Health Organization, the United Nations and ISPCAN for researching maltreatment in childhood. This study aims to translate, to adapt and to validate the semantic equivalence of all items on the three questionnaires: ICAST-C (ICAST version for Children), ICAST-R (Retrospective Interview) and ICAST-P (ICAST version for Parents). Methods: The process of translation and semantic validation comprised five methodological steps: 1) translation; 2) back--translation; 3) correction and semantic adaptation; 4) validation of content by professional experts in the area of abuse in childhood; and 5) a study of their acceptability to a sample of the target population, using a verbal rating scale. Results: In the evaluation of the expert committee, there was need to adapt several words for the Brazilian population while maintaining semantic and conceptual equivalence. In the ICAST--C acceptability study, children exhibited some difficulty understanding 7 of the items (out of 69 questions). For ICAST-P, parents reported a lack of clarity in 5 items (out of 57 questions). These issues were resolved and the Brazilian version of ICAST 3.0 was concluded. Conclusion: The ICAST battery is an internationally recognized tool and the process of translation into Portuguese and semantic adaptation was performed successfully. The final version proved to be easily understandable and semantic validation results were adequate. This battery has proved useful in investigation of childhood maltreatment. Keywords: Child abuse, assessment, trauma, stress, instrument, childhood, maltreatment, neglect, interview. ResumoObjetivo: A Child Abuse Screening Tools (ICAST), da International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISP-CAN), é uma bateria de questionários criada pela Organização Mundial da Saúde, Nações Unidas e ISPCAN para a investigação de maus-tratos na infância. Este estudo visa traduzir, adaptar e realizar a validação semântica de todos os itens dos três questionários: ICAST-C (ICAST versão para Crianças), ICAST-R (Entrevista Retrospectiva) e ICAST-P (ICAST versão para Pais). Métodos: O processo de tradução e validação semântica incluiu cinco etapas metodológicas: 1) tradução; 2) retrotradução; 3) correção e adaptação semântica; 4) validação de conteúdo por profissionais especialistas na área de maus-tratos na infância; e 5) um estudo de aceitabilidade por uma amostra da população-alvo, usando uma escala de graduação verbal. Resultados: Na avaliação pelo comitê de especialistas, houve a necessidade de adaptação de muitas palavras para a população brasileira, mantendo a equivalência conceitual e semântica. No estudo de aceitabilidade do ICAST-C, as crianças mostraram alguma dificuldade na compreensão de 7 itens (de um total de 69 questões). No ICAST-P, os pais julgaram que 5 itens não estavam claros (de um total de 57 questões). Essas dif...

Validity and reliability update of the Indonesian version of International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect - Child Abuse Screening Tool (ICAST-C)

“…A study of the Brazilian-Portugese adaptation of ICAST-C noted that 7 of 59 variables were not valid and had to be changed or eliminated. 15 A previous study showed reliable alpha values for three ICAST instrument ranging from 0.69 to 0.89. 11 However, in our study the total alpha value was 0.919, which was considered to be very good reliability, despite the unreliable alpha values for domains of violence exposure and neglect (0.483 and 0.445, respectively).…”

A Malay Version of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Screening Tool for Children: A Study of Its Validity and Reliability

“…Table 4 illustrates the final number of deleted items in the ICAST-CH-M with satisfactory Cronbach’s alpha in each domain compared to the original English ICAST-CH ( 17 ).…”

“… Notes: * I = physical and psychological abuse; II = neglect; III = sexual abuse; IV = exposure to domestic violence; V = exposure to community violence; # ( 17 ) …”

Psychometric Testing and Semantic Validation of Child Abuse Screening Tool in Urdu Language

“…Childhood abuse has been found to be a powerful predictor both at social and environmental level that can be a leading risk factor of death and disability at any stage of life (Silveira & Grassi-Oliveira, 2016). In a recent research compilation neglect and childhood abuse are reported to be more common in countries that are struggling with cultural influences, development and economical issues.…”

“…In a recent research compilation neglect and childhood abuse are reported to be more common in countries that are struggling with cultural influences, development and economical issues. (Silveira & Grassi-Oliveira, 2016). Child abuse is under reported and under recorded in history.…”