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Psychiatria Danubina, Vol. 32 No. suppl. 1, 2020.

Conference paper

COMPLETION OF THE FRENCH TRANSLATION AND LINGUISTIC VALIDATION OF THE BODY-Q

Adriano-Valerio Schettini ; Department of Plastic Surgery, CHR Metz-Thionville, Metz, France
Perle Rillon ; Department of Psychiatry, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc UCL, Brussels, Belgium
Geneviene Pirson ; Department of Plastic Surgery, CHU UCL Namur - Sainte Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium
Christine De Coninck ; Department of Plastic Surgery, CHU UCL Namur - Sainte Elisabeth, Namur, Belgium

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Abstract

Background: The BODY-Q is a new patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument designed to measure patient perceptions of
weight loss and/or body contouring procedure. A report regarding the translation procedure into French and its preliminary results
has been previously published. We here describe the finalization of the translation process and cultural validation.
Materials and methods: The translation process followed guidelines established by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics
and Outcome Research (ISPOR) and the World Health Organisation (WHO). The process included two forward translations,
one backward translation, a review by a panel of expert and cognitive debriefing interviews with patients.
Results: The 26 scales of the BODY-Q were translated and adapted into French. Each step of the process allowed to make
changes leading to a conceptually and culturally equivalent French version. Backward translation comparison to the English
version led to the identification of 16 differences necessitating re-translation. Overall feedback from patients over the final
version was excellent.
Conclusions: The BODY-Q proved to be a reliable and suited PRO for bariatric and body contouring patients. The thorough
method of translation and cultural adaptation allowed us to achieve a conceptually and culturally valid French translation of the
BODY-Q.

Keywords

translation; linguistic validation; patient-reported outcome; body-image; bariatric surgery; body contouring surgery

Hrčak ID:

262507

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/262507

Publication date:

24.3.2020.

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