Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Strongkids tool for screening of malnutrition risk in hospitalized children.

Objective: To translate into Portuguese and to culturally adapt the malnutrition screening tool for hospitalized children, Strongkids.

Methods: This study documents the translation of the tool from the original version (English) into Portuguese. The translation and cultural adaptation of the content of this tool consisted of six stages, according to the methodology proposed by Beaton et al (initial translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, verification of the cultural equivalence process, pre-test, and evaluation of the cultural adaptation process).