Translation and cultural adaptation of the Communication Assessment Tool (CAT), developing a Danish and Norwegian version.

Objective: To translate and cultural adapt the 14-item Communication Assessment Tool (CAT) into Norwegian and Danish, making them as similar as possible.

Design: This was a translation and validation study including individual interviews for content and face validity and a patient survey for internal consistency and floor-ceiling effect.

Setting: Outpatient clinic at the Department of Internal Medicine, Lillebaelt Hospital, Denmark and a Norwegian general practice.