Translation, adaptation, and cross-cultural validation into Brazilian portuguese of the hearing protection assessment questionnaire (HPA).
Luciana Bramati, Claudia Giglio de Oliveira Gonçalves, Jair Mendes Marques and 3 others
PMID 37132696WHAT IT FOUND
A Brazilian Portuguese hearing protection questionnaire was tested with 10 workers and answered by 509 workers, with items revised where expert agreement was low.
Key findings
01Questions 7, 15, 18, and 21 were changed to improve understanding in Portuguese and account for cultural differences.
02Ten workers in the pre-test reported no difficulty interpreting the questionnaire and approved the language.
03In the 509-worker sample, responses were similar between the two split halves for every question, which the authors interpreted as reliability.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The sample came from workers at one meatpacking company in southern Brazil, so the results may not apply to other regions or workplaces. Only ten workers took part in the pre-test. Content validity was based on three expert judges, and the paper did not complete factor analysis or broader psychometric testing. The study validated the questionnaire, not an educational intervention or hearing-protection outcome.
Declared interests
No funding or conflict-of-interest declaration is stated in the supplied text. The study was approved by the company whose employees participated.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as proof that the questionnaire improves hearing protection or reduces hearing loss. It tested translation, expert review, and worker responses, not an educational intervention outcome.