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ROJAS-GAMBASICA, José Antonio et al. Transcultural and linguistic adaptation of the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale to Spanish. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2016, vol.44, n.3, pp.216-221. ISSN 0120-3347.

Introduction: Goal oriented sedation is standard in the management of critically ill patients, but its systematic evaluation is not frequent. The Richmond agitation sedation scale's efficient operative features make it a validated instrument for sedation assessment. Objectives: To translate and validate the Richmond agitation sedation scale into Spanish. Method: A cultural and linguistic adaptation study was designed. Translation into Spanish included back-translation and pilot testing. The inter-rater reliability testing was conducted in Clínica Colombia's cardiovascular and general intensive care unit, including 100 patients mechanically ventilated and sedated. Inter-rater reliability was tested using Kappa statistics and Intra-class correlation coefficient. This study was approved by Fundación Universitaria Sanitas Research and Ethics Institute and Clínica Sanitas Research Committee. Results: 300 assessments using the Spanish version of the Richmond agitation sedation scale were performed by three independent evaluators. The intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.977 (CI 95% 0.968-0.984). The kappa was 0.84 between the first and second evaluators 0.85 between the first and third evaluators and 0.86 between the second and third evaluators. Conclusion: The product of this study, the Spanish version of the Richmond agitation sedation scale, is conceptually equivalent to the original scale, being reproducible and understandable to physicians whose native language is Spanish.

Palabras clave : Deep sedation; Conscious sedation; Critical care; Translating; Validation studies.

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