Cross-cultural translation and validation of the 'gut feelings' questionnaire into Spanish and Catalan

Background: The gut feelings questionnaire (GFQ) is the only tool developed to assess the presence of a 'sense of alarm' or a 'sense of reassurance' in the diagnostic process of general practitioners (GPs). It was created in Dutch and English and has validated versions in French,...

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Autores: Oliva-Fanlo, Bernardino, Esteva Cantó, Magdalena, March Llull, Sebastià, Stolper, Erik
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Conselleria de Salut i Consum del Govern de les Illes Balears
Repositorio:Docusalut
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docusalut.com:20.500.13003/10190
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/10190
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reproducibility of Results
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Surveys and Questionnaires
Clinical Decision-Making
Emotions
Language
Humans
Diagnosis
General Practitioners
Humanos
Reproducibilidad de los Resultados
Comparación Transcultural
Lenguaje
Emociones
Encuestas y Cuestionarios
Diagnóstico
Toma de Decisiones Clínicas
Médicos Generales
Gut feelings
intuition
questionnaire
general practice
clinical decision making
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Sumario:Background: The gut feelings questionnaire (GFQ) is the only tool developed to assess the presence of a 'sense of alarm' or a 'sense of reassurance' in the diagnostic process of general practitioners (GPs). It was created in Dutch and English and has validated versions in French, German and Polish. Objectives: To obtain a cross-cultural translation of the GFQ into Spanish and Catalan and to assess the structural properties of the translated versions. Methods: A six-step procedure including forward and backward translations, consensus, and cultural and linguistic validation was performed for both languages. Internal consistency, factor structure, and content validity were assessed. Results: Internal consistency was high for both questionnaires (Cronbach's alpha for GFQ-Spa = 0.94 and GFQ-Cat = 0.95). The principal component analysis identified one factor with the sense of alarm and the sense of reassurance as two opposites, explaining 76% of the total variance for the GFQ-Spa, and 77% for the GFQ-Cat. Conclusion: Spanish and Catalan versions of the GFQ were obtained. Both have been cross-culturally adapted and showed good structural properties.