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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2022

Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the risk assessment instrument TilThermometer for a Swedish version - patient handling in the healthcare sector.

Sebastian Buck, Jan Sandqvist, Emma Nilsing Strid, Hanneke J J Knibbe, Paul Enthoven, Charlotte Wåhlin

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Sebastian BuckOccupational and Environmental Medicine Centre, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine, Unit of Clinical Medicine, Linköpings University Hospital, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden. sebastian.buck@liu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8925-5952
Jan SandqvistDepartment Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine, Unit of Occupational Therapy, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9488-6142
Emma Nilsing StridFaculty of Medicine and Health, University Health Care Research Centre, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0483-8981
Hanneke J J KnibbeLOCOmotion, Research in Health Care, Brinkerpad 29, 6721 WJ, Bennekom, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-1549
Paul EnthovenDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine, Unit of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3707-5869
Charlotte WåhlinOccupational and Environmental Medicine Centre, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine, Unit of Clinical Medicine, Linköpings University Hospital, Linköping University, 581 85, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7847-7528

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AFA Försäkring 190144Region Östergötland May of 2019
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backgroundWork-related musculoskeletal disorders are common in the healthcare sector due to exposure of physical demanding work tasks. Risk assessment is necessary to prevent injuries and promote a safety culture. The TilThermometer has proved to be useful in the Netherlands for assessing healthcare workers' physical exposure to patient handling. The aim of this study was to translate the risk assessment instrument TilThermometer from Dutch to Swedish, perform cross-cultural adaptation, and evaluate its linguistic validity to a Swedish healthcare context.

methodsTranslation and validation process was performed according to following eight steps: 1) Translation (two translators), 2) Synthesis, 3) Back-translation (two back-translators), 4) Synthesis, 5) Linguistic review (one bilingual reviewer), 6) fifteen experts in a panel review according to Delphi-method, 7) Semi-structured interviewing eleven informants, analyzed using qualitative content analysis and step 8) discussion and input from creators of the instrument.

resultsA new Swedish version, the TilThermometer, was provided through the translation process (steps 1-5). The linguistic validity and usefulness were confirmed thru step 6 and 7. Consensus was reached in the expert review after two rounds, comments were analyzed and grouped into five groups. The qualitative content analyses of the interviews emerged in to three categories: 1) "User-friendly and understandable instrument", 2) "Further development", and 3) "Important part of the systematic work-environment management".

conclusionIn this study, the cross-cultural adaption and translation performed of the Swedish version of TilThermometer assured linguistic validity. This is this first phase before further testing the psychometrics aspects, inter-rater reliability and feasibility of TilThermometer. In the second phase TilThermometer will be implemented and evaluated together with other measures in the Swedish healthcare sector.

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Cross-Cultural ComparisonMoving and Lifting PatientsHealth Care SectorHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentSurveys and QuestionnairesSwedenBack painEquipmentErgonomicsHealthcare workersInjuriesNursingOccupational safety and health (OSH)Risk assessmentSafety managementWork environment

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