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September 1, 2013Fisioterapia em MovimentoOpen Access

The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Duke Activity Status Index was successfully translated and adapted, demonstrating a level of non-understanding of less than 10% among participants.

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Population

n=16 subjects, aged ≥ 50 years, mainly from southeastern Brazil.

Design

Other

Key result

The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Duke Activity Status Index was successfully translated and adapted, demonstrating a level of non-understanding of less than 10% among participants.

Authors

LNLaura Maria Tomazi NevesKAKlohn Neto AlbertoFAFernanda Pasquale Arenas

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Overview

May support functional capacity assessment in Brazilian patients; leaves open full psychometric validation.

Study Design

Type

Cross-Sectional (n=16)

Multicenter

No

Structured PICO

P
Population
16 individuals aged ≥ 50 years, comprising 8 cardiac patients and 8 healthy controls, participated in the pre-test of the translated Duke Activity Status Index.
E
Exposure
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) to Brazilian Portuguese
O
Outcome
Level of understanding of the translated questionnairepatient reported

The Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) was successfully translated and adapted into Brazilian Portuguese, providing a valid tool for assessing exercise tolerance in this population.

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Neves et al. (2013) conducted a cross-sectional in Cardiovascular disease (n=16). Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) Brazilian Portuguese version vs. Healthy controls was evaluated on Level of non-understanding. The Brazilian Portuguese version of the Duke Activity Status Index was successfully translated and adapted, demonstrating a level of non-understanding of less than 10% among participants.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a20ec06fd936e2c9649ddd8https://doi.org/10.1590/s0103-51502013000300017
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