Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To translate and adapt the Patient Safety Climate in Healthcare Organizations - PSCHO questionnaire to the Brazilian culture.
METHODS
Methodological study, which followed the stages of translation; synthesis; back-translation; evaluation by an experts committee, composed of one doctor and six nurses; and pretest with 40 subjects, among them nurses, nursing technicians, physiotherapists and physicians.
RESULTS
The translation and back-translation steps were appropriate. In the synthesis step, the author of the questionnaire was consulted to adapt the equivalence of some terms. The analysis of the experts committee showed a content validity rate above 80% for most items regarding semantic, idiomatic, cultural and conceptual equivalence. In the pretest, it was observed appropriate content validity, items easy to understand, with an average application time of 15 minutes. CONCLUSIONThe translation and cultural adaptation of the PSCHO questionnaire was considered satisfactory, resulting in an easily understandable tool.
Keywords:
Nursing; Validation studies; Patient safety
