The Brazilian version of the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool (HOME FAST): translation, cross-cultural adaptation, validation and reliability

Autor: Jarbas Melo Filho, Silvia Valderramas, Audrin Said Vojciechowski, lynette Mackenzie, Anna Raquel Silveira Gomes
Jazyk: English<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, Vol 23, Iss 1 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1981-2256
DOI: 10.1590/1981-22562020023.190180
Popis: Abstract Objective: to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool - HOME FAST into Brazilian Portuguese and to evaluate its construct validity and intra-and inter-rater reliability. Method: a cross-sectional study was carried out that included older people aged 60 years or older. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation were carried out in the following stages: 1. Translation, 2. Synthesis, 3. Back translation, 4. Expert panel (review and pre-final version), 5. Pre-testing, 6. Analysis by the expert panel and the final version of the instrument. The Berg Balance Scale - BBS was used to test construct validity (Spearman correlation coefficient). Additionally, intra-and inter-rater reliability analysis was conducted using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman plot. Results were considered significant at p
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