Translation and cultural adaptation of the instrument predictors of assistive technology use

• Grant number: 16/16470-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2017
• End date: March 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Education - Specific topics in Education
• Principal Investigator: Ligia Maria Presumido Braccialli
• Grantee: Ligia Maria Presumido Braccialli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The high rate of assistive technology abandonment may be related to a failure in the evaluation process , which results in a mismatch between the needs of the user , the environment of use, and the supplied device. Thus , it is important to provide in Portuguese instruments assessing investigates the experiences and feelings of users about the technologies used. The study aims to translate and culturally adapt to the Portuguese instrument Healthcare Technology Device Predisposition Assessment ( HCT- PA ), which make up the conceptual model Matching Person and Technology (MPT ). The translation process and cultural adaptation will following international recommendations : 1) translation into Portuguese; 2 ) reconciled translation ; 3 ) back translation ; 4 ) ; final translation ; 5 ) pre-test ; 6) cultural adaptation. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LÍGIA MARIA PRESUMIDO BRACCIALLI; ANA CARLA BRACCIALLI; MAURO AUDI; MARCIA SCHERER. Tradução e Adaptação Cultural de Instrumentos para Avaliar a Predisposição do Uso de Tecnologia Assistiva que Constitui o Modelo Matching, Person & Technology. Rev. bras. educ. espec., v. 25, n. 2, p. 189-204, 2019-06-13. (16/16470-4)