Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument Patient Safety in Pediatric Drug Administration: Spanish version

Abstract

Objetive

Translate, adapt and validate the content of the instrument Patient Safety in the Administration of Medicines in Pediatrics Portuguese version for Spanish in the reality of Peru.

Method

Methodological study, based on the steps: initial translation into Spanish by freelance translators; synthesis of translations; Back translation of the synthesis of the instrument to the original language; test of the prefinal version with three nurses and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the PSAMP-Ev instrument, for precise content validation and reliability (homogeneity: Cronbach's Alpha) was started after approval by the Ethics Committee.

Results

in the translation and back-translation steps by the expert committee, all versions and components of the instrument and all translated versions, and the pre-final version of the instrument has been developed for practice testing. After changes were made in the wording of some items of the translated version to simplify it grammatically and, in some cases, to adapt it to a more widely used language, aiming at better understanding by the target population. In the analysis of psychometric properties, The content validity coefficient obtained by the specialist committee is adequate (>0.80), with the final Cronbach's Alpha of the instrument of 0.91.

Conclusion

the instrument Patient Safety in the Administration of Medicines in Pediatrics - english version is translated, adapted, validated and adequate reliability.

Keywords:
Patient Safety; Pediatrics; Translating; Adaptation, Nursing Care