TY - JOUR T1 - Transcultural adaptation and validation of the methodology of the Community Oriented Programme for Control of Rheumatic Disease (COPCORD) in the indigenous Wayuu population. Venezuela JO - Reumatología Clínica (English Edition) T2 - AU - Beleño-Epieyu,Nataly AU - Granados,Ysabel AU - García Mac Gregor,Ernesto AU - Márquez,Dexys AU - Guerra,Mery Evangelista AU - Peláez Ballesta,Ingris SN - 21735743 M3 - 10.1016/j.reumae.2019.02.007 DO - 10.1016/j.reumae.2019.02.007 UR - https://www.reumatologiaclinica.org/en-transcultural-adaptation-validation-methodology-community-articulo-S2173574321000022 AB - ObjectiveTo adapt cross-culturally and validate the COPCORD methodology in the indigenous Wayuu population of Zulia state, Venezuela. MethodologyA cross-sectional study was conducted on Wayuu indigenous people from the Mara and Guajira municipalities of the state of Zulia, Venezuela. The Venezuelan version of the COPCORD questionnaire was transculturally adapted and translated from Venezuelan Spanish to Wayuunaiki (Wayuu language). One hundred indigenous Wayuu, agreed to participate, they were administered the instrument, house by house, by health personnel, who were bilingual and previously trained. Positive COPCORD individuals were evaluated by rheumatologists. A descriptive analysis of variables was performed, Cronbach's alpha was measured, Spearman's correlation, screening test analysis (sensitivity, specificity, VPP and SVR +). Results66% were women, average age 41.4 years, 20% monolingual, 21% illiterate, 69% in a couple/married, 57% with informal work. Sixty-two percent reported pain, 56% with criteria of rheumatic diseases, the most frequent were: osteoarthritis (32.3%), mechanical lower back pain (13.9%), and regional rheumatic pain syndrome (12.3%). Five dimensions of the instrument presented Cronbach's alpha> .7. The sensitivity was 100% and specificity 11.1%, VPP 14.3%, SVR + 1.13%. ConclusionThe COPCORD is valid and useful as a screening tool for the detection of musculoskeletal complaints and rheumatic diseases in the indigenous Wayuu population. ER -