Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Ostomy Skin Tool to the Brazilian Portuguese.

Purpose: To adapt the Ostomy Skin Tool (discoloration, erosion, and tissue overgrowth) to the Brazilian culture and to analyze psychometric properties of the adapted version.

Design: Psychometric (methodologic) evaluation of the instrument.

Subjects And Setting: Three ostomy/enterostomal therapy nurses evaluated the extent and severity of peristomal skin conditions in a sample of 109 adults 18 years or older with peristomal skin complications.