Portuguese version of the Evidence-based Practice Questionnaire: One exploratory approach

Abstract

The Evidence Based Practice Questionnaire was developed in 2006 by Upton & Upton(1) and its conception search for gather information and opinions about the use of evidence-based practices by health professionals and appropriate to carry to its validation in order to be used systematically. Its use is currently recurrent in multiple contexts and are available in addition to the original English version a Spanish version(2) obtained from a validation study carried out in 2009. Observing its construction features that denoted a high probability of application as concerning the nursing practice developed in Portugal, we elaborated the present study, whose objective is to describe the exploratory process of linguistic and cultural validation for the Portuguese context Questionnaire Clinical Effectiveness and Evidence-Based practice (QECPBE).