Ulceration in the extremities has been understood as the most frequent complication in people with diabetes mellitus (DM), it represents a serious health problem, which interferes in the social and economic spheres of the world scenario. There is evidence that health-related quality of life (HRQoL), in turn, worsens as the person has major foot complications. It can be assessed using measurement instruments, which are scarce in the Brazilian population. Among those available in foreign literature, the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale (DFS) stands out, for its applicability, acceptability and satisfactory evidence of measurement properties in different countries. Thus, this study aimed to make the Diabetic Foot Ulcer Scale -Short Form (DFS-SF) instrument available to the Brazilian scientific community and to evaluate its measurement properties. It was a methodological study, consisting of steps of: 1) linguistic validation, conducted based on guidelines from the international literature: translation, back-translation, evaluation by the expert committee and pre-testing with the target patients; and 2) evaluation of its measurement properties, through the evaluation of reliability, acceptability, practicality, ceiling and floor effect, responsiveness and structural construct validity. The study was carried out in a Diabetic Foot Clinic, located in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo. People with DM were included in the service. 290 people with diabetic foot participated in the study in regular outpatient follow-up. Reliability was assessed by internal consistency, using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and by composite reliability. Ceiling and floor effects were assessed using the percentage of participants who scored the worst 15% (floor) and 15% best (ceiling) possible results of the scale. The validity was tested by correlating the values of the instrument with those of the domains of the Brazilian version of the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). Responsiveness (n = 34) was accessed through the wound area obtained by photography and assessed by the Image J Features program and the DFS-SF score in two moments, with an interval of four weeks between them. The instrument presented good evidence of reliability, demonstrated by means of adequate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha in the domains> 0.70) and composite reliability (0.84> CC> 0.92); and convergent validity, through significant positive correlations of moderate to strong magnitude with the SF-36. The structural construct validity was examined by applying the confirmatory factor analysis of the DFS-SF, which demonstrated that the Brazilian version of the instrument is properly adjusted to the dimensional structure of the original. The ceiling and floor effect analysis showed that there were no ceiling or floor effects. Responsiveness was observed in the wound area, but not in the DFS-SF scores at the time. The Brazilian version of the DFS-SF demonstrated evidence of validity and reliability, suggesting that this instrument is a tool with validity evide...