[Translation and validation of the Partner Communication Scale - Brazilian version with female teenagers]. / Tradução e validação da escala Partner Communication Scale - versão brasileira com adolescentes do sexo feminino.

This study aimed to describe the process of adaptation and validation of the Partner Communication Scale with female adolescents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. This methodological research, with a quantitative approach, was conducted with 313 adolescent, aged 14-18 years who had already lost their virginity. The transcultural adaptation process was performed by using translation, back translation, evaluation of the translations by a committee of judges, and testing of the final-draft version. The scale was administered with a sociodemographic questionnaire including sexual and reproductive variables, from November 2010 to January 2011. The reliability was assessed by the Cronbach's alpha (0.86), which demonstrated that it can be successfully applied in the setting of primary health care, during nurse consultations. Moreover, the scale allows for the identification of factors that hinder or facilitate communication, especially concerning sexually transmitted diseases. The scale is an adequate way to verify communication between sexual partners in adolescence.

Tradução e validação da escala Partner Communication Scale – versão brasileira com adolescentes do sexo feminino / Traducción y validación de la escala Partner Communication Scale – versión brasileña con adolescentes de sexo femenino / Translation and validation of the Partner Communication Scale – Brazilian version with female teenagers

O objetivo do estudo é descrever o processo de adaptação e validação da escala Partner Communication Scale -PCS com adolescentes do sexo feminino em Fortaleza, CE. Pesquisa metodológica, de abordagem quantitativa, realizada com 313 adolescentes, entre 14 a 18 anos, que já haviam tido o primeiro intercurso sexual. O processo de adaptação transcultural seguiu as etapas: tradução, retrotradução, avaliação das traduções por um comitê de juízes e teste da versão pré-final. A escala foi aplicada com um questionário sociodemográfico e de variáveis sexuais e reprodutivas, via computador, em novembro/2010 a janeiro/2011. A confiabilidade foi verificada por meio do teste alfa de Cronbach (0.86) e demonstrou que pode ser aplicada no cenário da atenção primária à saúde, durante as consultas de enfermagem ao adolescente, e que permite identificar fatores que dificultam/facilitam a comunicação, principalmente em relação às DST/HIV. A escala mostrou-se adequada para verificar a comunicação entre os parceiros sexuais na adolescência.

El objetivo del estudio es describir el proceso de adaptación y validación de la escala Partner Communication Scale-PCS con adolescentes de sexo femenino en Fortaleza, CE. Investigación metodológica, con enfoque cuantitativo, realizada con 313 adolescentes, con edades entre 14 y 18 años que ya habían tenido su primera relación sexual. El proceso de adaptación transcultural siguió las siguientes etapas: traducción, traducción de vuelta, evaluación de las traducciones por un comité de jueces y prueba de la versión pre-final. La escala fue aplicada con un cuestionario sociodemográfico y de variables sexuales y reproductivas, por medio de una computadora, durante el período de Noviembre/2010 a Enero/2011. La confiabilidad se comprobó mediante la prueba alfa de Cronbach (0,86) y demostró que se puede aplicar en la atención primaria, durante las consultas de enfermería a la adolescente, permitiendo identificar los factores que dificultan o facilitan la comunicación, especialmente en relación a las ITS/VIH. La escala resultó ser adecuada para verificar la comunicación entre las parejas sexuales en la adolescencia.

This study aimed to describe the process of adaptation and validation of the Partner Communication Scale with female adolescents in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. This methodological research, with a quantitative approach, was conducted with 313 adolescent, aged 14–18 years who had already lost their virginity. The transcultural adaptation process was performed by using translation, back translation, evaluation of the translations by a committee of judges, and testing of the final-draft version. The scale was administered with a sociodemographic questionnaire including sexual and reproductive variables, from November 2010 to January 2011. The reliability was assessed by the Cronbach’s alpha (0.86), which demonstrated that it can be successfully applied in the setting of primary health care, during nurse consultations. Moreover, the scale allows for the identification of factors that hinder or facilitate communication, especially concerning sexually transmitted diseases. The scale is an adequate way to verify communication between sexual partners in adolescence.