Adaptação transcultural do instrumento Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF: SC) para uso no Brasil

Translated title of the contribution: Cross-cultural adaptation of Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF: SC) for use in Brazil

Débora Santana Eloi, Kesia Kelen Gonçalves Mareco, Adriana Gonçalves Queiroz, Carla Ribeiro Lage, Cecília Pletschette Galvão, Clarice Ribeiro Soares Araújo, Samara de Araújo Costa, Ana Amélia Cardoso*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective:
To conduct a cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument: Autism Classification System of functioning: Social communication (ACSF: SC), which allows clinicians to classify the level of the social communication function of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), for its use in Brazil.

Method:
Methodological study of cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument ACSF: SC. We followed recommendations for transcultural adaptation of health protocols, which included assured permission, translation, reverse translation, review, and panel of experts.

Results:
The evaluation of the experts revealed that the translated version of the ACSF: SC instrument was well understood conceptually and culturally adequate, with 48 sentences presenting a concordance index greater than 90% regarding conceptual and cultural equivalence. Phrases that did not achieve adequate levels of agreement were reviewed, according to experts’ suggestions.

Conclusion:
Equivalence between the original ACSF: SC and its translated into Brazilian Portuguese is guaranteed, as it reached a concordance index above 90%. The Brazilian version of the ACSF: SC will be suitable for clinical use once its psychometrics properties are established.

Resumo

Objetivo
Realizar a adaptação transcultural do instrumento: Autism Classification System of functioning: Social communication (ACSF: SC), que permite classificar o nível da função da comunicação social de crianças com transtorno do espectro autista (TEA), para uso no Brasil.

Método
Estudo metodológico de adaptação transcultural do instrumento ACSF: SC. Foram seguidas recomendações para adaptação transcultural de protocolos da área da saúde, que incluiu a permissão assegurada, tradução, tradução reversa, revisão e painel de especialistas.

Resultados
A avaliação dos especialistas evidenciou que a versão traduzida do instrumento ACSF: SC foi bem compreendida conceitualmente e adequada culturalmente, com 48 frases apresentando índice de concordância maior que 90% quanto à equivalência conceitual e cultural. Frases que não obtiveram níveis adequados de concordância foram revisadas, conforme sugestões dos especialistas.

Conclusão
A equivalência entre o instrumento ACSF: SC original e a tradução está garantida, obtendo índice de concordância acima de 90%. O instrumento estará apto para uso clínico em breve, após validação de suas propriedades de medida.
Translated title of the contributionCross-cultural adaptation of Autism Classification System of Functioning: Social Communication (ACSF: SC) for use in Brazil
Original languagePortuguese (Brazil)
Pages (from-to)293-301
Number of pages9
JournalBrazilian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jun 2019
Externally publishedYes

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