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Test-retest reliability of Brazilian version of Memorial Symptom Assessment Sca...
Menezes,Josiane Roberta de; Luvisaro,Bianca Maria Oliveira; Rodrigues,Claudia Fernandes; Muzi,Camila Drumond; Guimarães,Raphael MendonçaABSTRACT Objective To assess the test-retest reliability of the Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale translated and culturally adapted into Brazilian Portuguese. Methods The scale was applied in an interview format for 190 patients with various cancers type hospitalized in clinical and surgical sectors of the Instituto Nacional de Câncer José de Alencar Gomes da Silva and reapplied in 58 patients. Data from the te...
Conceptual equivalence of items and semantic equivalence of the Brazilian versi...
Luvisaro,Bianca Maria Oliveira; Menezes,Josiane Roberta de; Rodrigues,Claudia Fernandes; Soares,Ana Luiza Alfaya Gallego; Muzi,Camila DrumondAbstract Objective: to describe the process of semantic equivalence, the first stage in the validation of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 instrument for Brazilian Portuguese. Method: Direct and independent translations of the instrument into Portuguese were carried out and validated by a meeting of experts to generate a synthesis version. The version chosen was submitted to reverse translations into English, and the form w...