Cross-cultural adaptation of the new Reynell developmental language scales to Brazilian Portuguese.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of The New Reynell Developmental Language Scales (NRDLS) to Portuguese spoken in Brazil.

Method

We followed the steps recommended in the manual Multilingual Toolkit da NRDLS: translation of the test, adaptation of items from the scales, and use of NRDLS in a pilot study with Brazilian children. It was included a back-translation and analysis by a group of specialists in the area that helped to review the adapted version. A quantitative descriptive analysis of results from the pilot group was performed, and we used a one-way repeated measures ANOVA.

Results

The Brazilian Portuguese version of the NRDLS seems very similar to the original NRDLS in terms of conceptual equivalence. The children understood well the transla

SUBMITTER: Fortunato Queiroz CAU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10551835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature