OBJECTIVE: To present the cross-cultural adaptation of the Diabetes Knowledge Scale and Attitudes Questionnaires targeted to evaluate Brazilian Diabetes Mellitus patients. METHODS: These questionnaires underwent the following steps: presentation, translation, back translation, semantic and idiomatic assessments, cultural and conceptual similarities and a pilot test. They were administered in two opportunities a month apart in a sample of 61 Diabetes Mellitus type-2 patients from a university hospital. The study design included a test-retest reliability of the answers, which were analyzed and estimated by means of the Kappa coefficient. RESULTS: The findings suggested an adequacy of the instruments to the Portuguese language and Brazilian cultural identity. The Kappa coefficient in the reliability analysis showed levels of concordance from moderate to high (0.44 to 0.69) for most questions. CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaires proved to be of very easy understanding for the studied subjects and reliable and valid for use in the evaluation of diabetes educational programs in the reality of Brazil.
OBJECTIVE: To present the cross-cultural adaptation of the Diabetes Knowledge Scale and Attitudes Questionnaires targeted to evaluate Brazilian Diabetes Mellituspatients. METHODS: These questionnaires underwent the following steps: presentation, translation, back translation, semantic and idiomatic assessments, cultural and conceptual similarities and a pilot test. They were administered in two opportunities a month apart in a sample of 61 Diabetes Mellitus type-2patients from a university hospital. The study design included a test-retest reliability of the answers, which were analyzed and estimated by means of the Kappa coefficient. RESULTS: The findings suggested an adequacy of the instruments to the Portuguese language and Brazilian cultural identity. The Kappa coefficient in the reliability analysis showed levels of concordance from moderate to high (0.44 to 0.69) for most questions. CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaires proved to be of very easy understanding for the studied subjects and reliable and valid for use in the evaluation of diabetes educational programs in the reality of Brazil.
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