Tradução e adaptação transcultural da escala de atividade física para pessoas com deficiência física (PASIPD BR)

Abstract

The practice of regular physical activity is important to provide well-being and better quality of life to person with physical disability. There is a lack of standardized and specific instruments in Portuguese to assess the level of physical activity directed at this population. The purpose of this study was to translate and culturally adapt the Physical Activity Scale for Individuals with Physical Disabilities (PASIPD) to Brazilian Portuguese. For the process of transcultural translation and adaptation of the scale, five steps were performed: 1) initial translation; 2) translation synthesis; 3) back-translation; 4) semantic and operational equivalence; 5) Pre-test. In the semantic equivalence, 7 items obtained a concordance index below 70%. In the pre-test the instrument was tested with adults with physical disabilities by six professionals specialized in Physical Rehabilitation. In this stage, only one item had a concordance index below 70%. After adjusting the items that presented difficulty, the scale was considered culturally adequate to verify the level of physical activity in individuals with physical disabilities in Brazil.