Semantic and cultural equivalence of the working alliance inventory short-revised scale for therapeutic alliance in family medicine: Lessons learned in Slovenia

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Q10 physician scale translation examples_

Q10 patient scale – original statement	Q10 patient scale – forward translation	Q10 patient scale – alternatives
We agree on what is important for _______ to work on.	Z _________ se skupaj dogovarjava, kaj je zanj(o) pomembno, da počne.	Z _______ se strinjava, na čem mora delati.
		Z_______ se strinjava o tem, kakšni ukrepi so pomembni.
		Z _______ se strinjava, kaj je zanj(o) pomembno, da izboljša.

WAI-SR patient scale Likert scores, mean and median – Round 1 (N=26)_

Results	Inst	Ans	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10	Q11	Q12
≥7 (n/26)	23	23	22	23	20	24	23	20	24	12	20	19	20	25
≥7 (%)	88	88	85	88	77	92	88	77	92	46	46	73	77	96
Mean	8.0	8.3	7.7	8.2	7.8	8.6	8.6	7.9	8.7	6.1	8.0	8.0	7.9	8.7
Median	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	6	9	9	8	9

validated translations: Q8 patient scale and Q2, Q10 physician scale – Round 2_

Q8 patient scale – successfully validated translation	Q2 physician scale – successfully validated translation	Q10 physician scale – successfully validated translation
Z _________ se strinjava, kaj je zame pomembno, da izboljšam.	Dobrobit _________ je moja osrednja skrb.	Z _________ se strinjava, kaj je zanj(o) pomembno, da izboljša.

Mean and median: Patient scale Q8 and Physician scale Q2, Q10 – Round 2_

	Q8	Q2	Q10
	patient scale	physician scale	physician scale
Mean	8.2	8.7	8.2
Median	9	9	8.5

Q2 physician scale translation examples_

Q2 patient scale – original statement	Q2 patient scale – forward translation	Q2 patient scale – alternatives
I am genuinely concerned for _______’s welfare.	Blagostanje _______ je moja osrednja skrb.	Skrbi me pacientovo dobro.
		Dobrobit _______ je moja osrednja skrb.
		Moja pristna skrb je dobro počutje _______.

WAI-SR physician scale Likert scores, mean and median – Round 1 (N=26)_

Results	Inst	Ans	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10
≥7 (n/26)	24	25	23	15	20	21	25	23	24	22	22	10
≥7 (%)	92	96	88	58	77	81	96	88	92	85	85	38
Mean	8.2	8.5	8.4	6.7	8.0	7.5	9.0	8.5	9.0	9.0	9.0	6.0
Median	8	9	9	8	9	7.5	9	8.5	9	9	9	6

Q8 physician scale cultural equivalence_

Q8 patient scale – original statemet	Q8 patient scale – validated translation	Q8 patient scale – after cultural adaptation
_____ and I have a common perception of his/her goals	Z ___________ se strinjava glede njegovih/njenih ciljev.	Z ___________ enako dojemava njegove/njene cilje.

Q12 patient scale cultural equivalence_

Q12 patient scale – original statemet	Q12 patient scale – validated translation	Q12 patient scale – after cultural adaptation
I believe the way we are working with my problem is correct.	Verjamem, da je način obravnave moje težave pravilen.	Verjamem, da mojo težavo obravnavava na ustrezen način.

Q8 patient scale translation examples_

Q8 patient scale – original statement	Q8 patient scale – forward translation	Q8 patient scale – alternatives
_______ and I agree on what is important for me to work on.	Z _______ se skupaj dogovarjava o tem, kaj je zame pomembno, da počnem.	Z _______ se strinjava, na čem moram delati
		Z _______ se strinjava/soglašava o tem, kaj je zame pomembno, da počnem.
		Z _________ se strinjava, kaj je zame pomembno, da izboljšam.