Adaptação transcultural de questionário sobre teleconsulta na área da saúde: versão em português do Health Optimum Telemedicine Acceptance Questionnaire

Abstract

Introduction: Due to the growing number of health professionals who use digital means to perform care, there is a need to develop specific measures for telehealth through studies with this population. Some different important cultures may be present in instruments validated in countries other than Brazil, therefore, the support of cross-cultural adaptation is necessary for studies with methodological control to be carried out in this research area. Objective: To cross-culturally adapt an instrument to investigate the perception of health professionals about teleconsultation care and their proper perspectives for the implementation of this type of care in clinical practice. Methodology: The cross-cultural adaptation was carried out from the Health Optimum project, which was translated and cross-culturally adapted into Portuguese, containing seven questions with a complete Likert scale of five responses. The agreement of the answers was met through the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) in a participation of 54 health professionals. Results: The cross-culturally adapted instrument indicated good concordance values among health professionals. Of the 54 judges, 53 (98.1%) showed 80% or more agreement with the cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument. Conclusion: The questionnaire one adapted for Brazilian culture is suitable for application in research on the perception of health professionals regarding teleconsultation in Brazil.