OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the worldwide most employed questionnaire for screening and quantifying dissociative phenomena. METHODS: Two translations and their respective back-translations were performed, as well as the evaluation of the semantic equivalence, the preparation of the synthetic version, the pre-testing on the target population, the definition of the final version and a second pre-testing on the target population. RESULTS: A high level of semantic equivalence between the original instrument and the two pairs of translations and back-translations was observed regarding the referential and general meanings. The two pre-testing in the target population led to alterations in order to achieve the semantic and operational equivalence criteria. CONCLUSION: This work provides the first adaptation of a specific instrument to detect and quantify dissociative symptoms in the Brazilian context.
OBJECTIVE: This paper presents the cross-cultural adaptation to Portuguese of the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the worldwide most employed questionnaire for screening and quantifying dissociative phenomena. METHODS: Two translations and their respective back-translations were performed, as well as the evaluation of the semantic equivalence, the preparation of the synthetic version, the pre-testing on the target population, the definition of the final version and a second pre-testing on the target population. RESULTS: A high level of semantic equivalence between the original instrument and the two pairs of translations and back-translations was observed regarding the referential and general meanings. The two pre-testing in the target population led to alterations in order to achieve the semantic and operational equivalence criteria. CONCLUSION: This work provides the first adaptation of a specific instrument to detect and quantify dissociative symptoms in the Brazilian context.
Authors: Fernanda S Correia-Melo; Gustavo C Leal; Michelle S Carvalho; Ana Paula Jesus-Nunes; Carolina B N Ferreira; Flávia Vieira; Guilherme Magnavita; Lucas A S Vale; Rodrigo P Mello; Carolina Nakahira; Felipe C Argolo; Tanise Cardoso; Cezar D S Souza; Ana Teresa C Fontes; Marcelo B Ferreira; Lucas Araújo-de-Freitas; Marco A Tuena; Mariana V F Echegaray; Diogo E Cavalcanti; Ana C Lucchese; Igor D Bandeira; Manuela Telles; Cássio S Lima; Aline S Sampaio; Samantha S Silva; Roberta F Marback; José A Del-Porto; José Neander Abreu; Luciana M Sarin; Camilla S Paixão; Lucas P Carvalho; Paulo R L Machado; Gustavo Turecki; Acioly L T Lacerda; Lucas C Quarantini Journal: Medicine (Baltimore) Date: 2018-09 Impact factor: 1.817
Authors: Leonardo F Fontenelle; Aline M Domingues; Wanderson F Souza; Mauro V Mendlowicz; Gabriela B de Menezes; Ivan L Figueira; Marcio Versiani Journal: Psychiatr Q Date: 2007-09