Cross-cultural adaptation of the Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory/Short form for Brazilian culture

Introduction: The Marwit-Meuuser Caregiver Grief Inventory (MM-CGI) is an inventory that assesses grief in caregivers of people with dementia, which is an experience little explored in the Brazilian context. Objective: Cross-culturally adapt the MM-CGI/Short Form for use in Brazil. Material and Method: An initial translation was performed; synthesis of translations; evaluation of this synthesis by the committee of expert judges to analyze the face and content validity, evaluation by the target audience and the back translation. Results: The single version compiled into 60 items was evaluated by expert judges. The final version by the target audience with family caregivers (n=7) and the pilot study with 86 family caregivers. Internal consistency analyzes indicated alpha coefficients of 0.84; 0.81; 0.76, for domains A, B and C. Final Considerations: The study provides the Brazilian version of this instrument, which is now called Marwit-Meuser's Caregiver Grief Inventory/Short Form.