Chiara-Camilla Derchi, Pietro Arcuri, Angela Comanducci, Antonio Caronni, Chiara Pagliari, Alessandro Viganò, Eleonora Volpato, Jorge Navarro, Pietro Davide Trimarchi
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to produce a cross-cultural adaptation in Italian of the Agitated Behavior Scale (ABS), originally developed in English, as the first of two stages that also include cross-cultural validation and allow a clinical scale to be used in the proper setting such as rehabilitation units. METHODS: In order to adapt the ABS scale to a different cultural environment, five consecutive steps were performed: (1) forward translations (n = 8), (2) synthesis of the 8 forward translations to obtain a first shared italian version (ABS_I_trial), (3) back translations (n = 3), (4) creation of an expert committee to evaluate forward and back translations and finally (5) the cognitive debriefing...
April 4, 2024: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine