Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the evaluation of siderail usage instrument

Abstract

Objective: to translate and adapt cross-culturally the Evaluation of Side Rail Usage instrument to the Brazilian Portuguese. Method: methodological research with four-step translation and cross-cultural adaptation of an instrument. Results: in the first stage, two translations were performed; in the second, a consensual meeting was held with two translators and the authors of the study to discuss discrepancies and generate a synthesis version; in the third stage, the synthesis version was back translated into English by two translators to verify equivalence with the original version; and in the fourth stage, a committee of 25 professional judges from the health area analyzed the synthesis version. The results showed an instrument Content Validity Index of 0.97 and a Content Validity Coefficient of 0.93. Conclusion: the translation and adaptation of the Evaluation of Side Rail Usage instrument into Brazilian Portuguese presented good content validity indexes.