Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of physical activity scale for individuals with physical disabilities (PASIPD BR)

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Douglas Felipe Veroni
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva, Fernanda Carolina Toledo da, Washburn, Richard Avery, Braccialli, Lígia Maria Presumido
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Educação Especial (UFSM)
• DOI: 10.5902/1984686X41214
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufsm.br/educacaoespecial/article/view/41214
• topic: Physical activity; Physical Disability; evaluation instrument.; Actividad física; Discapacidad Física; instrumento de evaluación.; Atividade física; deficiência física; instrumento de avaliação.

The practice of regular physical activity is important to provide well-being and better quality of life to person with physical disability. There is a lack of standardized and specific instruments in Portuguese to assess the level of physical activity directed at this population. The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities (PASIPD) to Brazilian Portuguese. For the process of transcultural translation and adaptation of the scale, five steps were performed: 1) initial translation; 2) translation synthesis; 3) back-translation; 4) semantic and operational equivalence; 5) Pre-test. In the semantic equivalence, 7 items obtained a concordance index below 70%. In the pre-test the instrument was tested with adults with physical disabilities by six professionals specialized in Physical Rehabilitation. In this stage, only one item had a concordance index below 70%. After adjusting the items that presented difficulty, the scale was considered culturally adequate to verify the level of physical activity in individuals with physical disabilities in Brazil.