Cross-cultural validation of ImpRes-Tool-BR: a tool for project development and implementation research

Abstract

This study aims to present the results of the translation, cross-cultural validation and pre
liminary evaluation of a tool, originally developed in the United Kingdom, to guide Brazilian researchers in
the elaboration of projects and rigorous and high-quality implementation research: ImpRes-BR. Following
currently established good practices for cross-cultural validation of instruments and scales, the tool, together
with its user guide, was translated and back-translated, subjected to a pilot test with 20 health professionals
and evaluated by a panel of 10 specialists who assigned the values used for the calculations of the Content
Validity Index at the item level (CVI-I) and scale (CVI-E). In this process, in addition to conceptual validity
indices greater than 90%, an IVC-I of at least 0.90 was observed in all domains of the tool and its guide,
and an IVC-E of 0.98. Having established the validity of the tool and its guide, it was applied in 14 research
projects in the planning or execution phase and was recognized as a powerful instrument for self-analysis
of the teams in the qualification of their projects and strengthening them in relation to the principles of the
Implementation Science.