Linguistic and Cultural Acceptability of a Spanish Translation of the Ohio State University Traumatic Brain Injury Identification Method Among Community-Dwelling Spanish-Dominant Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Our objective was to (1) evaluate the linguistic and cultural acceptability of a Spanish translation of the Ohio State University traumatic brain injury identification method (OSU TBI-ID) and (2) to assess the usability and acceptability of a tablet-based version of this instrument in a cohort of Spanish-dominant older adults.

Setting

University clinical research center and local community center.

Participants

Community-dwelling Spanish-dominant adults age 50 years or older without dementia residing in the Bay Area of California (N=22).

Design

Cross-sectional cohort study.

Main outcome measures

Qualitative assessment of linguistic or cultural acceptability of a Spanish translation of the OSU TBI-ID as well as usability or acceptability of a tab

SUBMITTER: Hufstedler HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7853324 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature