Objective: To accomplish the cultural adaptation of Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale (CL-FODS). Methods: This is a methodological and descriptive study. The Fear of Death Scale was originally developed in the United States and validated in different cultural contexts. The original version of the CL-fods is composed of 28 items grouped into four dimensions. This scale is designed to evaluate the fear of death and dying. Results: To get the first version was held its translation into Portuguese separately by three experts in English. The first version was submitted to the body of five judges for the "Assessment of Equivalence Semantics and Idiomatic" from which it obtained the second version, which was submitted to the second five panel of judges for the "Evaluation of Conceptual Equivalence and Cultural" (third version). Following developed the Focus Group, in which the CL-FODS was analyzed by community representatives of both genders, different age groups and levels of education, establishing the fourth version, which was submitted to back-translation and sent to author of the original version of the scale. After the suggested by him, reached to the final version of CL-FODS. Conclusion: According to the developed methodological steps, it is considered this instrument properly adapted to the Brazilian culture. DOI: 10.9789/2175DOI: 10.9789/ -5361.2018 Cross cultural adaptation of... La versión original de CL-fods se compone de 28 items agrupados en cuatro dimensiones. Esta escala está diseñada para evaluar el miedo a la muerte y del morir. Resultados: Para comprar la primera versión, su traducción al portugués se realizó por separado por tres expertos en Inglés. La primera versión fue presentada a un comité de cinco jueces para la "Evaluación de los equivalencia semántica e idiomática" cuando se obtuvo la segunda la versión que fue presentada al segundo grupo de cinco jueces para la "Evaluación de las equivalencias Conceptual y Cultural" (tercera versión). Descriptors2175-5361. Oliveira Júnior CR, Machado DR, Santos FS, et al. 211 RESUMOA continuación, se desarrolló el grupo focal, en el que el EMMCL fue analizado por representantes de la comunidad, de ambos sexos, diferentes edades y niveles de educación, obteniendo la creación de la cuarta versión, que se sometió a back-translation que fue enviada al autor de la versión original de la escala. Después de arreglar los ajustes sugeridos por él, se llegó a la versión final de EMMCL. Conclusión: De acuerdo con los pasos metodológicos desarrollados, se considera la presente escala correctamente adaptada a la cultura brasileña.
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