作者: Diana de Souza Pinto , Carlos Linhares Veloso Filho , Milton L Wainberg , Paulo Eduardo Luís de Mattos , Heino FL Meyer-Bahlburg
DOI: 10.1590/S0101-81082007000200012
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摘要: INTRODUCTION: A systematic and detailed investigation of sexual risk behaviors is one the main foundations in development research projects aimed at designing effective interventions for HIV prevention. OBJECTIVE: This paper presents discusses stages translation cross-cultural adaptation male female versions Sexual Risk Behavior Assessment Schedule psychiatric patients into Brazilian Portuguese, carried out by Interdisciplinary Project Sexuality, Mental Health AIDS. METHODS: Training investigators original questionnaire, comparison between back-translation, followed linguistic cultural light project formative phase were performed, resulting a version used to train interviewers interviewing patients. Language verification, qualitative reliability interrater complement final instrument. RESULTS: Elimination addition instrument sections items covering both conceptual structural aspects out. Incorporation findings from pilot study changes terms register also performed.