Banca de DEFESA: WAGNER ROGÉRIO ARAÚJO GOMES

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : WAGNER ROGÉRIO ARAÚJO GOMES
DATE: 26/04/2024
TIME: 09:00
LOCAL: Plataforma Google Meet
TITLE:

Dyspnea evaluation instrument for patients with cancer: Adaptation of Cancer Dyspnea Scale for Brazilian Portuguese

KEY WORDS:

Cancer. Validation study. Dyspnea.

PAGES: 123
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional
SUMMARY:

Aim: To cross-culturally adapt the Cancer Dyspnea Scale for individuals with cancer diagnosis to Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: This exploratory methodological study was conducted for the cross-cultural adaptation of the Cancer Dyspnea Scale. The study followed the COSMIN and Beaton et al. recommendations, which comprised seven steps: initial translation and synthesis, back-translation and synthesis, expert committee evaluation, original author report, and pretest. The expert committee evaluation was performed by six individuals with different expertizes. The pretest included 30 subjects with cancer diagnosis of both sexes, aged ≥ 18 years, and with or without a history of dyspnea. Those with hearing or cognitive impairments or difficulty understanding and responding to questionnaires were excluded. Content validity was assessed using the content validity index (CVI). Pretest was collected at the Associação Onco e Vida. Results: Six subjects were included in the expert committee, four healthcare professionals, one expert in linguistics and one expert in methodological studies. During the expert committee evaluation, the understanding and clarity of the instrument reached a CVI > 0.80 after four rounds. Pretest mean age was 53.86 ± 14.31 and 66.6% (n=20) were females.  The mean time of the cancer diagnosis was 17.50 (7.5 to 60.0 months) and 34.88% (n=13) presented breast cancer diagnosis. In the pretest, a CVI ≥ 0.90 was reached in the first round, indicating satisfactory translation and cross-cultural adaptation for Brazilian Portuguese. Conclusion: The Cancer Dyspnea Scale was satisfactorily adapted for Brazilian individuals with cancer, considering the CVI values. Further studies are needed to assess the psychometric properties of the adapted scale.

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 2211046 - LUCIEN PERONI GUALDI
Interna - 2211023 - ILLIA NADINNE DANTAS FLORENTINO LIMA
Externa à Instituição - JESSICA DANIELLE MEDEIROS DA FONSECA - UNINASSAU