Portuguese language translation of the lower urinary tract data set for patients with spinal cord injury

Abstract

Objective: to translate and adapt to the Portuguese language the data set of the lower urinary tract for individuals with spinal cord injury. International Spinal Cord Society and the American Spinal Injury Association. Method: this is a methodological study of instrument translation, with the participation of a group of five experts who took part in the translation and back translation phases and five judges. The Data set has been translated and adapted according to the methodological recommendations of International Spinal Cord Society and the American Spinal Injury Association. Results: for the translation stage, 56% of the sentences were unanimously translated by the three invited translators. Of the nine questions that comprised the instrument only four showed differences. Conclusion: a translated and culturally adapted instrument for the evaluation of the lower urinary tract of people with spinal cord injury in the Portuguese language was obtained, guaranteeing the Brazilian participation in international multicenter studies on the spinal cord injury.