Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Reliability of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Revised in Brazilian Burned Patients.

Background And Purpose: The aim of the study was to analyze the factor structure and the reliability of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Burn Specific Health Scale-Revised (BSHS-R) in a sample of Brazilian burned adults.

Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study. The internal consistency was analyzed using Cronbach's α, considering coefficients ≥.

Validation of the Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire for Brazilian adult burn patients.

Currently, there is no questionnaire to assess perceived stigmatization among people with visible differences in Brazil. The Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire (PSQ), developed in the United States, is a valid instrument to assess the perception of stigmatizing behaviours among burn survivors. The objective of this cross-sectional and multicentre study was to assess the factor structure, reliability and validity of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the PSQ in burn patients.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Social Comfort Questionnaire for Brazilian adult survivors of burns.

Purpose: Burn patients may encounter social barriers and stigmatization. The objectives of this study were to adapt the Social Comfort Questionnaire (SCQ) into Brazilian Portuguese and to assess the psychometric properties of the adapted version.

Methods: Cross-cultural adaptation of the 8 items of the SCQ followed international guidelines.

Satisfaction With Appearance Scale-SWAP: Adaptation and validation for Brazilian burn victims.

Aim: Methodological study that aimed to adapt the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) into Brazilian Portuguese language and to assess the validity, the reliability and the dimensionality of the adapted version in a sample of Brazilian burn victims.

Methods: We carried out the adaptation process according to the international literature. Construct validity was assessed by correlating the adapted version of SWAP scores with depression (Beck Depression Index), self-esteem (Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale), health-related quality of Life (Short Form Health Survey-36) and health status of burn victims (Burn Specific Health Scale-Revised), and with gender, total body surface area burned, and visibility of the scars.

[Translation and cultural adaptation of the Perceived Stigmatization Questionnaire for burn victims in Brazil].

This methodological study aimed to describe the process of translation and cultural adaptation of the Perceived stigmatization Questionnaire (PSQ) and analyze the internal consistency of the items in the step of pre-testing. The PSQ was developed to evaluate the perception of stigmatizing behaviors of burn victims. The adaptation process was carried out from August 2012 to February 2013, comprising the steps outlined in the literature.