Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Tradução, adaptação cultural e validação do questionário de avaliação sintomática do lipedema (QuASiL)

Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation of a lipedema symptoms questionnaire

Alexandre Campos Moraes Amato; Fernando Campos Moraes Amato; Daniel Augusto Benitti; Ricardo Virgínio dos Santos

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Resumo: Contexto: O lipedema é caracterizado como uma deposição anormal de gordura em glúteos e pernas bilateralmente, que pode ser acompanhada por edema ortostático em mulheres. Foi publicado questionário de avaliação sintomática em lipedema em alemão e inglês para avaliação de evolução de tratamento.

Objetivos: Tradução, adaptação cultural e validação do questionário de avaliação sintomática de lipedema para português brasileiro.

Métodos: O processo consistiu em três traduções e duas retrotraduções realizadas por tradutores independentes, seguida da elaboração de versão consensual e adaptação conforme compreensão das pacientes. O questionário foi convertido em versão digital, aplicado em 56 voluntárias e em 154 pacientes de consultório vascular e correlacionado com volumetria por bioimpedância segmentar.

Resultados: As 20 pacientes do pré-teste eram do sexo feminino e as questões foram compreendidas por pelo menos 90% das entrevistadas na fase final. Voluntárias mostraram compreensão de 96,4%, com tempo médio de resposta de 4 minutos. Em 154 pacientes, o volume dos membros mostrou correlação positiva com a intensidade dos sintomas avaliada pelo questionário traduzido e correlação fraca e moderada em apenas 3 perguntas, num total de 15 com nível de escolaridade.

Conclusões: A versão traduzida e adaptada culturalmente para o português do Brasil do questionário de avaliação sintomática do lipedema (QuASiL) é um instrumento prático, de fácil e rápida aplicação, que pode ser utilizado em nossa população. Ainda são necessários estudos adicionais para avaliar a sensibilidade do instrumento para o auxílio no diagnóstico do lipedema.

Palavras-chave

questionários, tradução, comparação transcultural, lipedema, obesidade, linfedema

Abstract

Background: Lipedema is characterized as abnormal bilateral deposition of fat in the buttocks and legs that may be accompanied by orthostatic edema in women. A questionnaire for assessment of lipedema symptoms has previously been published in German and English to assess treatment progress. Objectives: To translate, culturally adapt, and validate the lipedema symptoms assessment questionnaire for Brazilian Portuguese. Methods: The process involved three translations and two back-translations performed by independent translators, followed by construction of a consensus version and adaptation according patients’ comprehension. The questionnaire was converted into a digital version and administered to 56 volunteers and then administered to 154 patients from a vascular clinic and correlated with volume determined by segmental bioimpedance. Results: The 20 pre-test patients were female and at least 90% of the interviewees were able to understand the questions in the final phase. Volunteers had a 96.4% rate of comprehension of the digital online version and a mean completion time of 4 minutes. In 154 patients, limb volume was positively correlated with intensity of symptoms, as assessed by the translated questionnaire, and 3 out of 15 questions were weakly correlated with educational level. Conclusions: The translated and culturally adapted Brazilian Portuguese version of the lipedema symptoms assessment questionnaire (QuASiL) is a practical tool that is easy and quick to administer and can be used in our population. Additional studies are still needed to assess the instrument’s sensitivity as an aid for diagnosis of lipedema.

Keywords

questionnaires; translation; cross-cultural comparison; lipedema; obesity; lymphedema.

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