The Spanish Translation and Cultural Adaptation of Five Mental Health Outcome Measures |
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Authors: | Leida E. Matías-Carrelo Ligia M. Chávez Gisela Negrón Glorisa Canino Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola Sue Hoppe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Graduate School of Public Health, Matícas-Carrelo, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico;(2) Graduate School of Public Health and, Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico;(3) Department of Social Work and Graduate School of Public Health, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico;(4) Department of Pediatrics and Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico;(5) Department of Psychology, California State University, Fresno, CA;(6) Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX |
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Abstract: | In this paper we report on the process of translating five mental health outcome measures into Spanish and adapting them to Latino culture. The instruments considered are the World Health Organization-Disability Assessment Scale, the Burden Assessment Scale, the Family Burden Scale, Lehman's Quality of Life Interview and the Continuity of Care in Mental Health Services Interview. A systematic process of translation and adaptation of the instruments was followed with the goal of achieving cultural equivalence between the English and Spanish versions of the instruments in five dimensions: semantic, content, technical, construct, and criterion equivalence. In this paper we present data about the semantic, content, and technical equivalence. Various steps were taken to achieve equivalence in these dimensions, including the use of a bilingual committee, a multi-national bilingual committee, back-translation, and focus groups with mental health patients and their relatives. |
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Keywords: | adaptation focus groups outcome measures translation |
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