Cross-cultural adaptation of The Postpartum Childcare Stress Checklist into Brazilian Portuguese

Abstract Objectives: to carry out the cross-cultural adaptation of The Postpartum Childcare Stress Checklist scale be used in Brazil. Methods: process followed internationally defined guidelines: double translation, synthesis and back-translation, analysis by a committee experts, proposal for pre-final pre-test version, psychometrics properties generation final version. reliability validity version were analyzed through cross-sectional epidemiological study involving 190 women postpartum period. Cronbach’s α indicator exploratory factor with main component extraction estimated analysis. Results: α-Cronbach’s was 0.894. tested Brazilian proved one-dimensional pointed four factors that very closely distributed explained 57.8% variance. All items original instrument maintained proposed Conclusions: valid reliable application populations.