• Danilo Harudy Kamonseki, Carlos Luques Fonseca, and Letícia Bojikian Calixtre.
• MSc. Doctoral Student, Department of Physiotherapy, Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), São Carlos (SP), Brazil.
• Sao Paulo Med J. 2019 Aug 8; 137 (3): 262269262-269.

BackgroundThe Bournemouth questionnaire is a multidimensional instrument for evaluating health domains among patients with low back pain.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Bournemouth questionnaire for individuals with low back pain, to Brazilian Portuguese.Design And SettingsThis was a cross-sectional study conducted at the Federal University of São Carlos.MethodsThe Brazilian version of the Bournemouth questionnaire was developed following the processes of translation, back-translation, committee review and pre-testing. The translation phase involved two independent bilingual translators whose mother language was Brazilian Portuguese. The back-translation phase involved two independent translators whose mother language was English. In order to verify comprehension of the questionnaire, 44 individuals (43.1% men) with low back pain, and with mean age of 45.4 ± 13.8 years, participated in the pre-testing phase.ResultsDuring the translation phase, some terms and expressions were changed to obtain cultural equivalence to the original Bournemouth questionnaire. In the pre-testing phase, each item of the questionnaire showed a comprehension level of over 90%.ConclusionThe Bournemouth questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted to the Portuguese language, to be used among individuals with low back pain.

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