Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale for use in Brazil

Abstract

Objective:to make the translation, cross-cultural adaption and content and face validation of the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale for use in Brazil. Methods:methodological research carried out in six stages: translation, synthesis, back-translation, expert committee’s assessment, pre-test and validation. Validation was performed through the Delphi technique in two rounds. The participants were two translators and two back-translators, eight professionals in the expert committee, 40 adult participants in the pre-test, 35 experts in the first validation round and 28 in the second validation round. Data analysis included Cronbach’s alpha, content validity index and one-tailed t-test. Results:the translation and cross-cultural adaptation allowed for language adjustments so that the items were comprehensible and suitable for use in Brazil. The content validity index of the Brazilian version of Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale was 0.96 and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.92. Conclusions:the scale was translated, cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese, had its content and face validated and proved reliable to evaluate the knowledge of adults about hypertension.

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“…Data collection was carried out from December 2017 to February 2018, after participants signed the informed consent form, by completing a sociodemographic questionnaire with clinical variables and the translated and adapted version of the HK-LS (5) .…”

“…For the sum of the scores, each correctly marked alternative adds up a point and the option "I don't know" is considered an incorrect answer. Thus, the final score can vary from 0 to 22 (4)(5) .…”

“…In 2016, HK-LS was translated and cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese, underwent a pre-test with 40 participants and validated the content, obtaining a Content Validity Index of 0.96 (5) .…”