Check list for healthcare questionnaires cross-cultural translation and adaptation

Abstract Background Evaluation questionnaires are habitual tools in different areas of health. They are often developed in the English language and often used in populations other than those originally bred. In these cases, cross-cultural adaptation is necessary in the preparation and application of the questionnaires, since their validity does not depend only on translation, but also on contextualization to the new cultural scene, to maintain its psychometric properties. Objective To review the methodological pathways used by Brazilian researchers in the last 5 years for the adaptation of international instruments to Brazilian Portuguese and to propose a checklist that can guide researchers in future cross-cultural adaptations to our language, according to international recommendations already published. Method Research carried out in the Scielo Network with the search keys (questionnaire or instrument) and (adaptation or translation or reliability or validity) in the last 5 years. Results There were 111 articles found, in which 55 met the inclusion criteria of this review. Of them, 15 methodological references to the ATC process, carefully read and their recommendations were extracted for the construction of an Operational Checklist for the Cross-cultural Adaptation of Health Instruments. Conclusion The proposed checklist model can help in the organization and performance of future TCAs in Health, in line with the internationally recommended methods.