Translation and cross cultural adaptation of the questionnaire "Quality of Alimentation" for brazilian portuguese.
Maria da Conceição Queiroz Lomachinsky, Suzana Lins da Silva, Cynthia Meira de Almeida Godoy and 1 others
PMID 38836830WHAT IT FOUND
All 11 items of the Brazilian Portuguese 'Quality of Alimentation' questionnaire were rated clear and easy to understand by 40 bariatric surgery patients.
The adapted version is not yet validated.
Key findings
01In the pre-test, 40 bariatric surgery patients rated all 11 items 5 on the 1 to 5 clarity scale.
02The study did not validate the questionnaire, and intolerance scores were not communicated to the care team or used to change care.
03The adapted Portuguese version required wording changes for items 1, 9, and 11 after committee review.
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What it does not show
The study did not validate the Portuguese questionnaire; it only translated, adapted, and tested item clarity. The pre-test sample was 40 patients from one bariatric surgery outpatient service, with 30 before surgery and 10 after surgery, so it may not represent all patients or settings. The study did not compare the adapted questionnaire with other Brazilian food-intolerance measures because none were available. Intolerance scores were not shared with the multidisciplinary team and patient care did not change, so the paper does not show clinical usefulness. Participants were limited to adults aged 18 to 65, the age range accepted by the bariatric surgery program.
Declared interests
The paper states that financial support was nothing to declare and gives no other conflict-of-interest details.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the Portuguese 'Quality of Alimentation' questionnaire as a validated measure of food intolerance. The paper only translated and adapted it and tested whether 40 patients found the items clear; it did not test accuracy, reliability, or whether scores change care.