Development of a method and an assessment construct for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the number of people with dementia dramatically increasing over time and dementia becoming a major health concern worldwide, scales have been developed to assess the stigma socially attached to this neurodegenerative disorder. There are, however, almost no available methods and assessment constructs for person-centered translation of dementia public stigma scales.

Objective

To develop such a method and such an assessment construct by translating the Dementia Public Stigma Scale (DPSS) into standard written Chinese.

Methods

We translated the DPSS following three major steps: (1) literal translation and mistranslation identification; (2) panel discussions of items with problematic translations; and (3) the final checking of the translated scale. Informed

SUBMITTER: Lu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10846308 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature