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. 2020 Feb 2;8(1):27.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare8010027.

Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the CANHELP Lite Bereavement Questionnaire

Alexandra Pereira  1 , Amélia Ferreira  1 , Ana Rita Abrantes  2 , Cristiana Gomes  3 , Joana Saraiva  4 , Laetitia Teixeira  5 , Daren K Heyland  6 , José Martins  7 , Sara Pinto  8 , Olga Fernandes  9
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Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Portuguese Version of the CANHELP Lite Bereavement Questionnaire

Alexandra Pereira et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Satisfaction with care is an important outcome measure in end-of-life care. Validated instruments are necessary to evaluate and disseminate interventions that improve satisfaction with care at the end of life, contributing to improving the quality of care offered at the end of life to the Portuguese population. The purpose of this study was to perform a cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric analysis of the Portuguese version of the CANHELP Lite Bereavement Questionnaire.

Methods: Methodological research with an analytical approach that includes translation, semantic, and cultural adaptation.

Results: The Portuguese version comprised 24 items. A panel of experts and bereaved family members found it acceptable and that it had face and content validity. A total of 269 caregivers across several care settings in the northern region of Portugal were recruited for further testing. The internal consistency analysis of the adapted instrument resulted in a global alpha value of 0.950. The correlation between the adapted CANHELP questionnaire and a global rating of satisfaction was of 0.886 (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: The instrument has good psychometric properties. It was reliable and valid in assessing caregivers' satisfaction with end-of-life care and can be used in both clinical and research settings.

Keywords: end-of-life care; outcome measure; satisfaction; validation study.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Scree plot extracted from the exploratory factor analysis of the Portuguese version of the CANHELP Lite Bereavement Questionnaire.
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