Translation and Cross-Cultural Adaptation of Quality of Life Scale in Patients with Onychomycosis.

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Background

Onychomycosis (OM) is a fungal nail infection, considered a risk factor for diabetic foot ulcers. It is associated with changes in quality of life, in terms of pain, self-confidence and self-esteem. The aim was to translate and adapt the OM quality of life questionnaire "OnyCOE-tTM-Quality Of Life Questionnaire Onychomycosis (Nail Fungal Condition)". (2)

Methods

This study followed the guidelines proposed by Beaton et al. (2000), where two English to Portuguese translations were performed and, after an expert consensus, a common version was obtained. This was followed by two back-translations. The expert committee achieved semantic equivalence, idioms and concepts. The pre-test was applied to 49 people. The final version and processed data were sent to the authors. (3)

Results

We adapted terms semantically, modified statements syntactically, altering items from interrogative to affirmative. (4)

Conclusions

The translated version of the "Quality of life-Onychomycosis" questionnaire suggested that it can be used for further studies to test validity and reliability in this population.