Development of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the “Grading scale for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus”: cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity

ABSTRACT Objective: The current study translated to Portuguese and validated the normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) scale originally developed in English as the Grading Scale for Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. Methods: Following Guillemin's validation protocol, the last version of the Portuguese NPH scale was applied to 121 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephalus (73 men and 48 women) from the Group of Cerebral Hydrodynamics from July 2010 to March 2012. Results: The mean age was 71.09 years old, ranging from 35 to 92 years. The rate of agreement and reproducibility was high, as confirmed by Cohen's Kappa coefficient, with excellent intraobserver correlation for the NPH scale items individually evaluated: gait (0.80), dementia (0.90) and incontinence (0.87). Conclusions: The Portuguese version of the Grading Scale for Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus was successfully translated and validated for use in Brazilian patients.

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Main Authors:	Lopes,Maria Izabel Romão, Tornai,Juliana Benevenuto, Jeng,Fernanda Letkaske de Miranda, Lopes,Bianca di Virgilio, Mendes,Gabriel André da Silva, Oliveira,Matheus Fernandes de, Pinto,Fernando Campos Gomes
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 2018
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2018001000692
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