Mônica Carmem Junkes|Fabián Calixto Fraiz|Fernanda Sardenberg|Jessica Y. Lee|Saul Martins Paiva|Fernanda Morais Ferreira
Validity and Reliability of the Brazilian Version of the Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Dentistry – BREALD-30
Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|Universidade Federal do Paraná|University of North Carolina System|Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais|University of North Carolina System|Universidade Federal do Paraná
aim present study translate perform crosscultural adaptation rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry brazilianportuguese language test reliability validity versionafter translation crosscultural adaptation interviews conducted 258 parentscaregivers children treatment pediatric dentistry clinics health units curitiba brazil test instruments validity scores brazilian rapid estimate adult literacy dentistry breald30 compared based occupation monthly household income educational attainment general literacy use dental services three dental outcomesthe breald30 demonstrated good internal reliability cronbachs alpha ranged 088 089 words deleted individually analysis testretest reliability revealed excellent reproducibility intraclass correlation coefficient 0983 kappa coefficient ranging moderate nearly perfect bivariate analysis breald30 scores significantly correlated level general literacy rs 0593 income rs 0327 significantly associated occupation educational attainment use dental services selfrated oral health respondents perception regarding hisher childs oral health however association breald30 score respondents perception regarding hisher childs oral health remained significant multivariate analysisthe breald30 demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties therefore applicable adults brazil