The Children's International Mucositis Evaluation Scale Is Valid and Reliable for the Assessment of Mucositis Among Brazilian Children With Cancer

Autor(es)

Ribeiro Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto ^{[1, 2]} ; Barroso, Eliane Marcon ^{[1, 3]} ; Cadamuro, Sandra Andrade ^[1] ; Botelho de Paula, Lia Alexandre ^{[1, 4]} ; Pirola, William Eduardo ^[1] ; Maseti Pimenta Serrano, Claudia Valeria ^[5] ; Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^{[1, 2, 6]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Barretos Canc Hosp, Res Grp Palliat Care & Hlth Related Qual Life GPQ, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Barretos Canc Hosp, Oncol Grad Program, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Educ Fdn Barretos, Univ Ctr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Dr Paulo Prata Hlth Sci Sch, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[5] Brazil US Cultural Ctr, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[6] Barretos Canc Hosp, Dept Clin Oncol, Breast & Gynecol Div, Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT; v. 56, n. 5, p. 774+, NOV 2018.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Background. The Children's International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) is considered a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of mucositis in pediatric patients aged 0e18 years. Objective. To perform the translation and cultural adaptation of ChIMES to Brazilian Portuguese and assess its psychometric properties. Methods. Methods for translation and cultural adaptation were used. Other measurements obtained concomitantly for the assessment of psychometric properties included the Oral Mucositis Daily Questionnaire, a visual analog scale, the World Health Organization grading scale for mucositis, and the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events toxicity scale. For test-retest analysis, patients and guardians responded to the self-report and proxy versions of ChIMES within intervals of one to seven days. Results. Regarding internal consistency, Cronbach's alpha (a) values were 0.769 (95% CI = 0.631e0.868) and 0.879 (95% CI = 0.872e0.920) for the self-reported and proxy versions, respectively. The convergent validity criteria were met for the selfreported and proxy versions (Spearman's rho = 0.466e0.751; P < 0.001 and Spearman's rho = 0.410e0.551; P < 0.001, respectively). Test-retest reliability assessment for the total score and Items 1, 2, 3, and 4 in both versions showed an intraclass correlation coefficient of \$ 0.7. Conclusions. The Portuguese self-reported and proxy versions of ChIMES were considered to be culturally adapted, valid, and reliable for Brazilian pediatric patients ranging froman age of onemonth to 18 years andwerenamedChIMES-BR. (C) 2018 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 16/09673-6 - Validação da Children's International Mucositis Evaluation Scale (ChIMES) para a língua portuguesa (Brasil)
• Beneficiário: Lia Alexandre Botelho de Paula
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Iniciação Científica