Translation and transcultural adaptation into Portuguese language of the Cocaine Selective Severity Assessment

Authors

  • Lisiane Cysne De Medeiros Vasconcelos e Rego Hospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto
  • Alcides Ferreira Rego Neto Hospital de Saúde Mental de Messejana Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)
  • Hesley Lucena Landim Miranda Hospital de Saúde Mental de Messejana
  • Matias Carvalho Aguiar Melo Hospital de Saúde Mental de Messejana
  • Eliezer Luna Alencar Feitosa Hospital de Saúde Mental de Messejana
  • João Arnaud Diniz Neto Hospital de Saúde Mental de Messejana
  • Alicia Blazquez Montenegro Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
  • Enric Álvarez Martínez Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18316/1167

Keywords:

Validation studies, CSSA, withdrawal, cocaine, crack

Abstract

The objective of this study was to translate, to adapt culturally and to verify the semantic equivalence from english to portuguese of the Co­caine Selective Severity Assessment (CSSA), which evaluates the wi­thdrawal for cocaine. The CSSA was translated from English to Portu­guese, administered to 10 persons, and then submitted to brainstorming in a group of 3 psychiatrics for individual and verbal reproduction, item by item. Backtranslation was executed based on first translation and from brainstorming to the origin language. Then, it was translated again into Portuguese. The entire process was analyzed by a committee of psychiatrists with expertise in addiction, which emitted opinions and the pertinent comments. The scale in its general scope was well understood by both patients and professionals. Few changes were done from the first translation to final version in items 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 e 12. To the others items, the original translation was kept. Statements were added to the end of all items. Considering the opinions of the experts and a final pilot study, was constructed the final Brazilian version of the CSSA. Results indicated a satisfactory semantic equivalence between the two versions and so the CSSA may be helpful instrument in treating withdrawal of cocaine / crack.

Author Biography

Lisiane Cysne De Medeiros Vasconcelos e Rego, Hospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto

Graduado pela Universidade Federal do Ceará

Residente do 3o ano de Psiquiatria do Hospital de Saúde Mental Frota Pinto

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2013-12-02

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013)

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