Translation and cultural adaptation of the revised foot function index for the Portuguese language: FFI-R Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Yi, Liu Chiao [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Camacho Cabral, Ana Carolina [UNIFESP], Kamonseki, Danilo Harudy [UNIFESP], Budiman-Mak, Elly [UNIFESP], Vidotto, Milena Carlos [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2017.0183030817; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/58213
• topic: Foot; Translations; Surveys and questionnaires; Outcome assessment (health care)

BACKGROUND: The revised foot function index (FFI-R) is used to evaluate the functionality of patients with conditions that affect the feet. The objective here was to produce the Brazilian Portuguese version of this index. DESIGN AND SETTING: Translation and validation study conducted at the Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. METHODS: The translation and cultural adaptation process involved translation by two independent translators, analysis by an expert committee, back translation into the original language, analysis by the expert committee again and a pretest. The Portuguese-language version was administered to 35 individuals with plantar fasciitis and metatarsalgia to determine their level of understanding of the assessment tool. RESULTS: Changes were made to the terms and expressions of some original items to achieve cultural equivalence. Terms not understood by more than 10% of the sample were altered based on the suggestions of the patients themselves. CONCLUSION: The translation and cultural adaptation of the FFI-R for the Portuguese language were completed and the Brazilian version was obtained.