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Review
. 2017 May;11(Suppl 1):S80-S89.
doi: 10.4103/sja.SJA_203_17.

Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine

Siny Tsang  1 , Colin F Royse  2   3 , Abdullah Sulieman Terkawi  4   5   6
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Guidelines for developing, translating, and validating a questionnaire in perioperative and pain medicine

Siny Tsang et al. Saudi J Anaesth. 2017 May.

Abstract

The task of developing a new questionnaire or translating an existing questionnaire into a different language might be overwhelming. The greatest challenge perhaps is to come up with a questionnaire that is psychometrically sound, and is efficient and effective for use in research and clinical settings. This article provides guidelines for the development and translation of questionnaires for application in medical fields, with a special emphasis on perioperative and pain medicine. We provide a framework to guide researchers through the various stages of questionnaire development and translation. To ensure that the questionnaires are psychometrically sound, we present a number of statistical methods to assess the reliability and validity of the questionnaires.

Keywords: Anesthesia; development; questionnaires; translation; validation.

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Questionnaire development and translation processes
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