Linguistic validation of translation of the self-assessment goal achievement (saga) questionnaire from English

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Jeffrey Trocio⁵  Agneta Bergqvist³  Christopher J Evans⁴  Çolpan Angün²  Barbara A Brandt²  Sameepa Doshi¹  Elisabeth Piault⁴ 

[1] Pfizer Inc, 235 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017, USA;Corporate Translations, Inc, East Hartford, CT 06108, USA;Pfizer PIO, VetenskapsvΣgen 10, SE-19190, Sollentuna, Sweden;MAPI Values, 133 Portland St, Boston, MA 02114, USA;Pfizer, Inc, 235 East 42nd Street 235/9/42, New York, NY 10017, USA

关键词: Patient-reported questionnaire;    Goal achievement;    Overactive bladder;    Lower urinary tract symptoms;    Validation;    SAGA;   

Others  :  825730
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-10-40

 received in 2011-11-02, accepted in 2012-04-23,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

A linguistic validation of the Self-Assessment Goal Achievement (SAGA) questionnaire was conducted for 12 European languages, documenting that each translation adequately captures the concepts of the original English-language version of the questionnaire and is readily understood by subjects in the target population.

Methods

Native-speaking residents of the target countries who reported urinary problems/lower urinary tract problems were asked to review a translation of the SAGA questionnaire, which was harmonized among 12 languages: Danish, Dutch, English (UK), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish. During a cognitive debriefing interview, participants were asked to identify any words that were difficult to understand and explain in their own words the meaning of each sentence in the questionnaire. The qualitative analysis was conducted by local linguistic validation teams (original translators, back translator, project manager, interviewer, and survey research expert).

Results

Translations of the SAGA questionnaire from English to 12 European languages were well understood by the participants with an overall comprehension rate across language of 98.9%. In addition, the translations retained the original meaning of the SAGA items and instructions. Comprehension difficulties were identified, and after review by the translation team, minor changes were made to 7 of the 12 translations to improve clarity and comprehension.

Conclusions

Conceptual, semantic, and cultural equivalence of each translation of the SAGA questionnaire was achieved thus confirming linguistic validation.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Piault et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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