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Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score

ABSTRACT

The Brighton Paediatric Early Warning Score (BPEWS) is an instrument developed to identify warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized children.

Objective:

to translate and adapt the BPEWS for the Portuguese language, with the purpose of verifying its applicability in the Brazilian context studied.

Method:

methodological study guided by international and nationally accepted recommendations for translation and adaptation of health measurement instruments. Stages of conceptual, item, semantic, operational and pre-test equivalence are described for obtaining the BPEWS Portuguese version to be used in Brazil.

Results:

the BPEWS version translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese (BPEWS-Br) identified, in the pilot study, that 26.6% of children were presenting warning signs for clinical deterioration.

Conclusion:

the BPEWS-Br seems to be applicable for the context studied, and its use might help nurses in the recognition and documentation of warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized Brazilian children.

Descriptors:
Translating; Alert; Hospitalized Child; Patient Acuity; Pediatric Nursing

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