Cuesta Barriuso, RubénTorres Ortuño, AnaGalindo Piñana, PilarNieto Munuera, JoaquínDuncan, N.López Pina, José Antonio2021-01-222021-01-222017Cuesta-Barriuso, R., Torres-Ortuño, A., Galindo-Piñana, P., Nieto-Munuera, J., Duncan, N., & López-Pina, J. A. (2017). Validation of the VERITAS-Pro treatment adherence scale in a Spanish sample population with hemophilia. Patient preference and adherence, 11, 653-660. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S1268281177-889Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11268/9764Purpose: We aimed to conduct a validation in Spanish of the Validated Hemophilia Regimen Treatment Adherence Scale - Prophylaxis (VERITAS-Pro) questionnaire for use in patients with hemophilia under prophylactic treatment. Patients and methods: The VERITAS-Pro scale was adapted through a process of back translation from English to Spanish. A bilingual native Spanish translator translated the scale from English to Spanish. Subsequently, a bilingual native English translator translated the scale from Spanish to English. The disagreements were resolved by agreement between the research team and translators. Seventy-three patients with hemophilia, aged 13-62 years, were enrolled in the study. The scale was applied twice (2 months apart) to evaluate the test-retest reliability. Results: Internal consistency reliability was lower on the Spanish VERITAS-Pro than on the English version. Test-retest reliability was high, ranging from 0.83 to 0.92. No significant differences (P>0.05) were found between test and retest scores in subscales of VERITAS-Pro. In general, Spanish patients showed higher rates of nonadherence than American patients in all subscales. Conclusion: The Spanish version of the VERITAS-Pro has high levels of consistency and empirical validity. This scale can be administered to assess the degree of adherence of prophylactic treatment in patients with hemophilia.engAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Hemofilia BCoagulación sanguíneajournal article10.2147/PPA.S126828open accessFisiología humanaTratamiento médico