Resumo Objetivo: traduzir e adaptar transculturalmente o Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool - HOME FAST para o português brasileiro e avaliar sua validade de construto e confiabilidade intra e inter avaliador. Método: Trata-se de um estudo transversal que incluiu idosos com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos. O processo para a tradução e adaptação transcultural seguiu as etapas: 1. Tradução, 2. Síntese, 3. Retrotradução, 4. Comitê de especialistas (revisão e versão pré-final), 5. Pré-teste, 6. Análise pelo comitê de especialistas e versão final do instrumento. A Escala de Equilíbrio de Berg - EEB foi usada para testar a validade de construto (Coeficiente de Correlação de Spearman). Adicionalmente, para análise da confiabilidade intra e inter avaliador foi utilizado o Coeficiente de Correlação Intraclasse (CCI) e o diagrama de Bland-Altman. Os resultados foram considerados significativos quando p<0,05. Resultados: O HOME FAST-Brasil foi aplicado em 53 idosos com média de idade de 71(5) anos, sendo 79% (42) mulheres e 21% (11) homens. O processo de tradução e adaptação transcultural resultou em versões similares entre as traduções. A correlação entre a pontuação total do HOME FAST-Brasil com a EEB foi ρ=-0,241, p=0,041. Os valores dos testes de confiabilidade foram CCI=0,99 e 0,92 (intra e inter avaliador, respectivamente). Conclusão: O HOME FAST-Brasil, traduzido e adaptado transculturalmente para o português brasileiro, apresentou validade de construto e excelente confiabilidade inter e intra-avaliador.

Abstract Objective: to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool - HOME FAST into Brazilian Portuguese and to evaluate its construct validity and intra-and inter-rater reliability. Method: a cross-sectional study was carried out that included older people aged 60 years or older. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation were carried out in the following stages: 1. Translation, 2. Synthesis, 3. Back translation, 4. Expert panel (review and pre-final version), 5. Pre-testing, 6. Analysis by the expert panel and the final version of the instrument. The Berg Balance Scale - BBS was used to test construct validity (Spearman correlation coefficient). Additionally, intra-and inter-rater reliability analysis was conducted using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and the Bland-Altman plot. Results were considered significant at p<0.05. Results: the HOME FAST-Brazil was applied to 53 older people with a mean age of 71(5) years; 79% (42) of whom were female and 21% (11) of whom were male. The translation and cross-cultural adaptation process resulted in similar versions among translations. The correlation of the total score of HOME FAST-Brazil with the BBS was ρ=-0.241, p=0.041. The reliability rate was ICC=0.99 and 0.92 (intra-and inter-rater, respectively). Conclusion: The HOME FAST-Brazil, translated and cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese, was shown to have construct validity and excellent intra-and inter-rater reliability.

Abstract Objective: To translate and cross-culturally adapt the Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool Self-report Into Brazilian Portuguese and to correlate with the history of falls. Methods: The translation and transcultural adaptation process followed international parameters. The Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool Brazil Self-report, the Mini-Mental State Examination and the history of falls were applied to 10 elderly in the pre-test and to 41 in the final. Demographic and anthropometric data were also evaluated. Spearman correlation coefficient was performed. Results: The participants considered the questionnaire easy to understand and did not report any doubts to answer the final version. There was significant correlation between: Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool Brazil Self-report score and number of falls (p = 0.31, p = 0.02) and the lighting and bathroom domains with presence of falls at home (p = 0.44, p = 0.00 and p = 0.33, p = 0.02, respectively). The questionnaire indicated fall's risk scoring, 10(±2). Conclusion: The Home Falls and Accidents Screening Tool Brazil Self-report showed to be comprehensible and feasible tool for self-assessment of domiciliary falls risk in Brazilian older people. The scores indicated fall's risk and were associated with the history of falls.