• Noora-Ilona Lahdenperä, Jussi P Repo, Eeva Aartolahti, Philippa Tollow, Catrin Griffiths, Diana Harcourt, Jyrki Vuola, and Andrew Lindford.
• Helsinki Burn Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 800, FI-00029 HUS Helsinki, Finland. Electronic address: noora-ilona.lahdenpera@helsinki.fi.
• Burns. 2021 Dec 1; 47 (8): 1922-1928.

BackgroundBurn injury can dramatically deteriorate health-related quality of life. Effective burn care may minimize the impact of the burn injury and ensure optimal functional outcome. This requires continuous improvement in burn care and assessment of treatment results. The aim of this study was to translate, culturally adapt and linguistically validate the CARe Burn Scale-Adult Form, a burn-specific patient-reported outcome measure, into Finnish.MethodsThe translation process followed the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research guidelines consisting of forward and backward translations, pilot-testing and cognitive debriefing interviews of five burn patients, and proofreading before finalizing. The process involved expert panel meetings and continuous discussion between the developers of the Scale and the research group.ResultsIn the forward translation 10 amendments were required. After the backward translation, 12 items were reworded. Cognitive debriefing interviews led to three alterations enhancing the comprehensiveness and accuracy of the translation. The translation was reviewed by burn occupational therapists for practicality, resulting in 12 modifications. Minor grammatical changes were made after proofreading.ConclusionThe Finnish version is the first foreign translation of the CARe Burn Scale. It is equivalent to the original Scale and ready for psychometric validation with burn patients in Finland.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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