Translation and adaptation of the indoor environmental quality questionnaire to Brazilian portuguese

• Autor(a) principal: Abreu, Ana Carolina Odebrecht Vergne de
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Richter, Juliana Giordani, Tonon, André Comiran, Oliveira, Melissa Alves Braga de, Bonatto, Fernanda Sbaraini, Reis, Mariana de Novaes, Hidalgo, Maria Paz Loayza
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10183/240322
• topic: Qualidade ambiental; Local de trabalho; Luz; Ruído; Temperatura; Poluição do ar em ambientes fechados; Environmental quality; Workplace; Light; Noise; Temperature; Indoor air quality

Introduction: Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) impacts well-being, performance, and mental and physical health. A questionnaire for assessing occupants’ perception of IEQ was developed in English. This study aimed to translate this instrument into Brazilian Portuguese and adapt it to the Brazilian population. Methods: The translation and adaptation process consisted of forward translation, reconciliation, back translation, back translation review, harmonization, two cognitive debriefings, and finalization. Results: The final translated version included new questions and changed the scale to a visual-analog format. The clarity assessment showed that, after cognitive debriefings, all questions displayed satisfactory scores, with the majority rated higher than 9 on a 0-10 scale. Conclusions: The Brazilian Portuguese version of the IEQ questionnaire is a simple tool that can be employed in biomedical and building research to investigate the association of perceived IEQ with health-related parameters, as well as in architecture, engineering, and management projects. As a next step, a psychometric validation of the instrument will be performed.