Cultural adaptation and validation of the "Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths" measure of Ingersoll and Marrero into Brazilian culture Adaptación cultural y validación para la cultura brasileña del instrumento "Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths" de Ingersoll y Marrero Adaptação cultural e validação da medida "Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths" de Ingersoll e Marrero para a cultura brasileira

The aim of this study was to adapt the "Diabetes Quality of Life for Youths (DQOLY)" measure into Brazilian culture and to analyze its psychometric properties. The cross-cultural adaptation included the phases of translation, backtranslation, committee review, and pretesting. The adapted i...

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Main Authors: Tatiana de Sá Novato, Sonia Aurora Alves Grossi, Miako Kimura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2008-04-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692008000200009