Quality of Life in Menopausal Women: A Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Cervantes Scale | Zendy

José E. M. Lima | Zendy; Santiago Palacios | Zendy; Maria Celeste Osório Wender | Zendy

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Quality of Life in Menopausal Women: A Brazilian Portuguese Version of the Cervantes Scale

Author(s) -

José E. M. Lima,

Santiago Palacios,

Maria Celeste Osório Wender

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

the scientific world journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.453

H-Index - 93

eISSN - 2356-6140

pISSN - 1537-744X

DOI - 10.1100/2012/620519

Subject(s) - portuguese , scale (ratio) , quality of life (healthcare) , brazilian portuguese , adaptation (eye) , gerontology , medicine , psychology , nursing , geography , philosophy , linguistics , cartography , neuroscience

We present the translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Cervantes Scale to Brazilian Portuguese. The Cervantes Scale (CS) was originally described in Spanish, and is a tool to measure health-related quality of life in perimenopausal and menopausal women. A cross-sectional study was carried out with 180 women aged 45 to 64 years. In addition to the CS, the following questionnaires were applied: Women's Health Questionnaire (WHQ) and abbreviated version of the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (Abbreviated WHOQOL-bref). In conclusion, the Brazilian Portuguese version of the CS is easy to apply and understand. The evaluation of its psychometric properties was satisfactory, and it can be applied to assess health-related QoL in Brazilian perimenopausal and menopausal women.

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