Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (“Questionário Seja Ativa durante a Gravidez”) into Portugal and Brazil Portuguese

Abstract

Physical activity (PA) is established to be an essential component of a healthy lifestyle across the lifespan and is highly recommended during pregnancy. Guideline recommendations used to call for all women to speak with their health care provider before beginning or continuing PA during pregnancy. However, these have been removed from more recent guidelines due to the strong evidence supporting the safety and benefits of prenatal PA. In 2021, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP) developed and released an instrument called Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (GAQ-P) to identify the small number of women who should seek medical advice as a first step to becoming or continuing to be physically active during the months that they are pregnant, and to help the majority of healthy pregnant women overcome any concerns they might have with getting or staying active. The original instrument was developed in English. This article describes the translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the GAQ-P for use in the Portuguese language (both Brazil and Portugal). We followed the ten-step translation process outlined by the Translation and Cultural Adaptation International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research guidelines. Our template can be used by other health professionals for translation and verification of the original tool into their native language.