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Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study

BACKGROUND: Frailty comprises three dimensions: physical, psychological, and social. It is established that social frailty is correlated with several variables, such as quality of life, depression, and loneliness. These findings reinforce the need to investigate and define predictors of social frail...

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Autores principales: Damasceno, Vanessa Almeida Maia, Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana, Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36043681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0020.07042022
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author Damasceno, Vanessa Almeida Maia
Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana
Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza
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Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana
Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza
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description BACKGROUND: Frailty comprises three dimensions: physical, psychological, and social. It is established that social frailty is correlated with several variables, such as quality of life, depression, and loneliness. These findings reinforce the need to investigate and define predictors of social frailty. OBJECTIVE: To translate, culturally adapt, and assess the reliability of the HALFT scale for Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Methodological study conducted at Universidade Federal de São Carlos. METHODS: This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the HALFT scale from English to Brazilian Portuguese, for which the steps of translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, evaluation by an expert committee, pre-test, and test-retest were followed. RESULTS: Two independent translators translated the HALFT. The consensual version was established by merging the translations, which were back translated into English by a third translator. The expert committee comprised seven health professionals working in frailty and/or social fields of study. Only one item on the scale had a content validity index of less than one (0.85). The instrument was pre-tested with 35 older adults who considered it clear and understandable, with no suggestion of changes. The reliability analysis (reproducibility) of the adapted version of the HALFT with test-retest of the scale with 23 participants showed a Kappa index of 0.62, showing good agreement. CONCLUSION: The HALFT scale is translated and adapted for Brazil, and shows good reliability. However, it is necessary to conduct psychometric analysis of the instrument to provide normative data for this population.
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spelling pubmed-98089942023-01-04 Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study Damasceno, Vanessa Almeida Maia Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza Sao Paulo Med J Original Article BACKGROUND: Frailty comprises three dimensions: physical, psychological, and social. It is established that social frailty is correlated with several variables, such as quality of life, depression, and loneliness. These findings reinforce the need to investigate and define predictors of social frailty. OBJECTIVE: To translate, culturally adapt, and assess the reliability of the HALFT scale for Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Methodological study conducted at Universidade Federal de São Carlos. METHODS: This study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the HALFT scale from English to Brazilian Portuguese, for which the steps of translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, evaluation by an expert committee, pre-test, and test-retest were followed. RESULTS: Two independent translators translated the HALFT. The consensual version was established by merging the translations, which were back translated into English by a third translator. The expert committee comprised seven health professionals working in frailty and/or social fields of study. Only one item on the scale had a content validity index of less than one (0.85). The instrument was pre-tested with 35 older adults who considered it clear and understandable, with no suggestion of changes. The reliability analysis (reproducibility) of the adapted version of the HALFT with test-retest of the scale with 23 participants showed a Kappa index of 0.62, showing good agreement. CONCLUSION: The HALFT scale is translated and adapted for Brazil, and shows good reliability. However, it is necessary to conduct psychometric analysis of the instrument to provide normative data for this population. Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM 2022-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9808994/ /pubmed/36043681 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0020.07042022 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License
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Damasceno, Vanessa Almeida Maia
Zazzetta, Marisa Silvana
Orlandi, Fabiana de Souza
Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title_full Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title_fullStr Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title_full_unstemmed Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title_short Translation, adaptation, and reliability of a Social Frailty Scale for the Brazilian context: a methodological study
title_sort translation, adaptation, and reliability of a social frailty scale for the brazilian context: a methodological study
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9808994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36043681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2022.0020.07042022
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