Satisfaction With Appearance Scale SWAP: Adaptation and validation for Brazilian burn victims.
AIM Methodological study that aimed to adapt the Satisfaction with Appearance Scale (SWAP) into Brazilian Portuguese language and to assess the validity, the reliability and the dimensionality of the adapted version in a sample of Brazilian burn victims. METHODS We carried out the adaptation process according to the international literature. Construct validity was assessed by correlating the adapted version of SWAP scores with depression (Beck Depression Index) self esteem (Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale) health related quality of Life (Short Form Health Survey 36) and health status of burn victims (Burn Specific Health Scale Revised) and with gender, total body surface area burned, and visibility of the scars. We tested dimensionality using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the reliability by means of Cronbach's alpha. RESULTS Participants were 106 adult burned patients. The correlations between the Brazilian version of the SWAP scores and the correlated construct measures varied from moderate to strong (r=.30 .77) The participants who perceived their burn sequelae was visible reported being more dissatisfied with their body image than the participants who answered that their scars would not be visible (p<.001) Cronbach's alpha for the adapted version was 0.88 and the item total correlation varied from moderate to strong (r=.35 .73) The EFA resulted in three factors with a total explained variance percentage of 63.2% CONCLUSION The Brazilian version of the SWAP was valid and reliable for use with Brazilian burn victims.
Burns journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries