Transcultural Adaptation of a Satisfaction Scale for the residents of therapeutic residences

Abstract

Users’ satisfaction is a measure of mental health services quality. However, few studies evaluated residents’ satisfaction regarding the Therapeutic Residences (TR) and there is no specific instrument in brazilian context for this evaluation. In this study, we made the transcultural adaptation of the Questionnaire sur la Satisfaction de la Clientèle en Résidence D’Accueil (QSHS-21), to evaluate the residents’ satisfaction in the TR. The procedure included: translation of the original scale, re-translation, analyses by an Expert Commitee and a Pilot Study with 30 TR residents in the city of Barbacena-MG. Results showed corrections of the translations and retranslations and adaptation of the scale by the Expert Commitee and modifications in the questions wording during the Pilot Study. The final version of the scale has semantic and conceptual equivalence with the original scale, is adapted to the brazilian context and is easy to understand by the target population.