Publications by authors named "Patricia Helena Rubens Pallu"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to translate and adapt the Composite Abuse Scale from English to Brazilian Portuguese to assess intimate partner violence through a detailed ten-step protocol.
- - The process included expert reviews and interviews with affected women, leading to important adjustments such as using gender-neutral language and making the terminology more culturally relevant.
- - The final version of the scale ensures both scientific robustness and user-friendliness, enabling women to better recognize and understand experiences of abuse in their relationships.
Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation Protocol of Abuse Questionnaires: The Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS).
Raíza Wallace Guimarães da Rocha Daniel Canavese de Oliveira Vitor Adriano Liebel Patricia Helena Rubens Pallu Kelsey Hegarty
Violence Against Women
April 2022
Establishing rigorous translation and cross-cultural adaptation (TCCA) processes for abuse questionnaires is challenging. We propose a methodological TCCA protocol for abuse questionnaires based on our current adaptation of the Composite Abuse Scale (CAS) into Brazilian Portuguese. This 10-step protocol includes: (a) conceptual analysis; (b) double-blinded forward translation; (c) comparison of forward translations; (d) back-translation; (e) developer analysis; (f) specialist committee review; (g) comparison of specialist reviews; (h) cognitive interviews; (i) final reconciliation; and (j) presenting the final version to the developer.
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