TY - JOUR T1 - Cross-cultural adaptation to Spanish and content validity of three nutritional risk scales JO - Anales de Pediatría (English Edition) T2 - AU - Balaguer López,Evelin AU - García-Molina,Pablo AU - Núñez,Francisco AU - Crehuá-Gaudiza,Elena AU - Montal Navarro,María Ángeles AU - Pedrón Giner,Consuelo AU - Vitoria Miñana,Isidro AU - Jovaní Casano,Carmen AU - Galera Martínez,Rafael AU - Gómez-López,Lilian AU - Rodríguez Martínez,Gerardo AU - Martínez-Costa,Cecilia SN - 23412879 M3 - 10.1016/j.anpede.2022.06.001 DO - 10.1016/j.anpede.2022.06.001 UR - https://www.analesdepediatria.org/en-cross-cultural-adaptation-spanish-content-validity-articulo-S234128792200134X AB - IntroductionThere are various scales designed to determine the risk of malnutrition at hospital admission in children. However, most of these instruments are developed and published in English. Their cross-cultural adaptation and validation being mandatory in order to be used in our country. ObjectivesCross-culturally adapt three scales designed to determine the risk of malnutrition linked to the disease and determine the validity of their content. Material and methodsCross-cultural adaptation using the translation-back-translation method in accordance with the recommendations of the International Test Commission Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Tests. Content validity was measured by a panel of experts (under seven basic selection criteria adapted from the Fehring model) who evaluated each item of the scales by measuring 4 criteria: ambiguity, simplicity, clarity and relevance. With the extracted score, Aiken’s V statistic was obtained for each item and for the complete scales. ResultsStarting from three independent translations per scale, 3 definitive versions in Spanish of the PNRS, STRONGkids and STAMP scales were obtained semantically equivalent to their original versions. The PNRS and STRONGkids scales presented an Aiken’s V greater than 0.75 in all their items, while the STAMP scale presented a value less than 0.75 for the item “weight and height”. ConclusionThis study provides the transculturally adapted Spanish versions of the PNRS, STRONGkids and STAMP scales. The PNRS and STRONGkids scales present valid content to be applied in the state hospital context. STAMP requires the adaptation of its item “weight and height” to consider its use in a Spanish child population adequate. ER -