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Using cognitive interviews to evaluate the Spanish-language translation of dietary questionnaire
Verwendung kognitiver Interviews zur Evaluation eines spanisch übersetzten Diät-Fragebogens
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Abstract "The authors present results from a qualitative evaluation of the Spanish-language version of a dietary intake questionnaire and characterize the types of findings which emerged from several rounds of cognitive testing. Cognitive interviews were used to test the Spanish translation of the National H... view more
"The authors present results from a qualitative evaluation of the Spanish-language version of a dietary intake questionnaire and characterize the types of findings which emerged from several rounds of cognitive testing. Cognitive interviews were used to test the Spanish translation of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Supplement dietary questions, with 36 Spanish-speaking and 9 English-speaking participants. Analyses of the results identified a) translation issues, b) culture-specific issues, and c) general design issues that affected both English and Spanish speakers. Results indicated that general design-oriented difficulties were particularly frequent. Their findings suggest that when appropriately structured, cognitive interviews that feature flexible probing can be useful for identifying a range of problems in survey translations, even after translations have been developed using currently accepted methods. They make several recommendations concerning practices that may be optimal in the conduct of empirical cross-cultural questionnaire evaluations." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
evaluation; health science; method; comparison; Spanish language; questionnaire; development; remuneration for members of parliament; translation; methodological research; health
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Research Design
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
p. 13-25
Journal
Survey Research Methods, 3 (2009) 1
ISSN
1864-3361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications