Translation and cultural adaptation of the Self-Care in COPD inventory to Portuguese

<bold>Introduction:</bold> People living with a longstanding respiratory condition such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) require a complex, evolving set of skills and daily self-care behaviours directed at preventing, controlling and managing successfully their disease. There is a lack of clinical instruments to assess self-care behaviours on such patients. Self-Care in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease inventory (SC-COPDI) is a theory-driven likert-type instrument, based on the middle-range theory of self-care of chronic illness (Riegel <italic>et al.</italic>, 2012). <bold>Aims and objectives:</bold> To provide a portuguese version of the SC-COPDI. <bold>Methods:</bold> A methodological study based on the translation and cultural adaptation of the original version of SC-COPDI was conducted. It was guided by the principles of good practice for the translation and cultural adaptation process for patient-reported outcomes (PRO) measures (Wild <italic>et al.</italic>, 2005). Authorization was secured from the original developer and all ten phases proposed in the guidance were followed. <bold>Results:</bold> An approved portuguese version emerged out of the process, needing further validation and assessment of the psychometric properties in a portuguese population. <bold>Conclusion:</bold> A portuguese SC-COPDI version is now available and could possibly provide more detailed data on the self-care behaviours of the portuguese population. Beforehand, a study analysing its psychometric properties is essential. <bold>References:</bold> Riegel, B. et al. Advances in Nursing Science 2012; 35 (3): 194-204 Wild, D. et al. Value in Health 2005; 8(2): 94-104