Developing a Conceptually Equivalent Type 2 Diabetes Risk Score for Indian Gujaratis in the UK

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Title: Developing a Conceptually Equivalent Type 2 Diabetes Risk Score for Indian Gujaratis in the UK
Authors: Naina Patel, Andrew Willis, Margaret Stone, Shaun Barber, Laura Gray, Melanie Davies, Kamlesh Khunti
Source: Journal of Diabetes Research, Vol 2016 (2016)
Publisher Information: Hindawi Limited, 2016.
Publication Year: 2016
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Subject Terms: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
More Details: Aims. To apply and assess the suitability of a model consisting of commonly used cross-cultural translation methods to achieve a conceptually equivalent Gujarati language version of the Leicester self-assessment type 2 diabetes risk score. Methods. Implementation of the model involved multiple stages, including pretesting of the translated risk score by conducting semistructured interviews with a purposive sample of volunteers. Interviews were conducted on an iterative basis to enable findings to inform translation revisions and to elicit volunteers’ ability to self-complete and understand the risk score. Results. The pretest stage was an essential component involving recruitment of a diverse sample of 18 Gujarati volunteers, many of whom gave detailed suggestions for improving the instructions for the calculation of the risk score and BMI table. Volunteers found the standard and level of Gujarati accessible and helpful in understanding the concept of risk, although many of the volunteers struggled to calculate their BMI. Conclusions. This is the first time that a multicomponent translation model has been applied to the translation of a type 2 diabetes risk score into another language. This project provides an invaluable opportunity to share learning about the transferability of this model for translation of self-completed risk scores in other health conditions.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2314-6745
2314-6753
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2314-6745; https://doaj.org/toc/2314-6753
DOI: 10.1155/2016/8107108
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/8f4261d4ec9c4e17a4439dac37defd4c
Accession Number: edsdoj.8f4261d4ec9c4e17a4439dac37defd4c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23146745
23146753
DOI:10.1155/2016/8107108
Published in:Journal of Diabetes Research
Language:English