ABSTRACT
According to the Ministry of Health are expected in Brazil, in 2012, 52,680 new cases of breast cancer with an estimated risk of 52 cases per 100 000 women. Recently the quality of life (QOL), now considered a parameter increasingly important to evaluate the result of treatment. To assess the QOL of women with breast cancer, Pusic et al. developed a questionnaire called BREAST-Q, related to breast surgery, and divided into three modules: an augmentation, reduction and reconstruction with independent scales to assess the major problems affecting patients undergoing each type of procedure, either in the pre and postoperatively. This questionnaire was developed in English but now has versions in several languages. We present the translation process for the construction of the Portuguese version, which took part in the translation, backward translation and testing to obtain the final version and its approval by the owner (MAPI Trust© _Mapi Research Institute 2002). Translation is the beginning of the process of validation of questionnaires and their use in order to assess the impact of treatment of breast cancer from the perspective of Brazilian women.
Keywords:
Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Breast Neoplasms
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