Paula Costa Teixeira
Coordenador-geral do Ambulatório de Bulimia e Transtornos Alimentares (Ambulim) do Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, professor-colaborador do Departamento de Psiquiatria da FMUSP, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Departamento de Psiquiatria da FMUSP e do Programa de Neurociências e Comportamento do Instituto de Psicologia da USP
Norman Hearst
Departamento de Medicina Comunitária e Familiar e Departamento de Epidemiologia e Bioestatística da Universidade da Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Sandra Marcela Mahecha Matsudo
Centro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul (Celafiscs).
Táki Athanássios Cordás, Maria Aparecida Conti
Coordenador-geral do Ambulatório de Bulimia e Transtornos Alimentares (Ambulim) do Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP, professor-colaborador do Departamento de Psiquiatria da FMUSP, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação do Departamento de Psiquiatria da FMUSP e do Programa de Neurociências e Comportamento do Instituto de Psicologia da USP
Abstract:
Background: The Exercise Commitment Scale (CES) evaluates commitment, attitude and behavior regarding exercise in eating disorders patients. Objective: Translation and cultural adaptation of the CES for Portuguese (BRA), content validation and analysis of internal consistency. Methods: This study involved five steps: (1) translation, (2) re-translation, (3) technical review and evaluation semantics, (4) content validation by professionals – judges, (5) assessment of the instrument in a sample of students, by assessing the degree of understanding and analysis of internal consistency by Cronbach’s a coefficient. Results: The scale was translated and adapted. It was considered easy to understand (degree of understanding from 4.3 to 4.9) and showed acceptable consistency coefficients (Cronbach’s a: 0.60 to 0.79). Discussion: Satisfactory results of this adaptation process allow the recommendation of the CES Brazilian version. Analysis is needed of construct and factorial validation, and of reproducibility.
Keywords:Translation, scales, validation studies, eating disorders, exercise.