Harmy Mohamed Yusoff

Publications

• Research Article   
  Translation for cultural adaptation of a breast cancer questionnaire
  Author(s): Yuzana Mohd Yusop*, Azlini Chik, Rosliza Yahaya, Muhammad Takiyuddin Abdul Ghani, Wan Mohamad Asyraf Wan Afthanorhan, Zakirah Ahmad Nawi and Harmy Mohamed Yusoff
  
  Background: Malaysia, a country with a population of nearly 35 million, consists of diverse ethnicities and races. This diversity highlights the need for research tools or measures validated across different cultures. The objective of this article was to translate and culturally adapt the Southeast Asian Women's Breast Cancer Questionnaire (SAWBCQ) to fit the Malaysian context. Materials and methods: The translation and cultural adaptation of the SAWBCQ followed Beaton's recommended steps. This includes translation, synthesis of discrepancies, back translation, and expert committee review and pretesting, and the adaptation procedure involves examining the conceptual and item equivalence. An expert committee synthesized and compared two forward and two back translations. Subsequently, the instrument underwent pretesting, and necessary.. Read More»
  

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