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Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale achieves successful cross-cultural adaptation and equivalence for Brazilian adults.
Cross-Sectional (n=40)
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The Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - Adult Form has been successfully culturally adapted and validated for use in Brazil.
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May support discharge planning in Brazil; extends RHDS availability but leaves outcome validation open.
OBJECTIVE: to perform the cross-cultural adaptation of the Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale - (RHDS) Adult Form for use in Brazil. METHOD: a methodological study was conducted in 2015, in Brazil's federal capital, following the eight stages scientifically established. RESULTS: analysis proved the maintenance of semantic, idiomatic, cultural, and conceptual equivalences and kept both the face and content validity of the original version. The judging committee and the pre-test participants declared they understood the RHDS items and answer scale. CONCLUSION: the instrument is culturally adapted for Brazil and can be used as one of the stages for planning hospital discharge.
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Siqueira et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Hospitalized for chronic morbidities (n=40). Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS) - Adult Form was evaluated on Semantic, idiomatic, cultural, and conceptual equivalences and face/content validity. The Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale (RHDS) - Adult Form was successfully cross-culturally adapted for use in Brazil, maintaining semantic, idiomatic, cultural, and conceptual equivalences.
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