Aging is a complex phenomenon involving physical, psychological and sociocultural dimensions, including the self perception of health and aging. As such, they should be addressed and be part of the general geriatric evaluation. In the case of self perception of health, there is a vast national and international literature. However, concerning self perception of aging, the studies are still very incipient, especially in Brazil, so this paper presents the results of the translation and cross-cultural adaptation process of the Aging Perceptions Questionnaire (APQ) to Portuguese .The methodology used was the one proposed by Beaton et al., with two translations to Portuguese followed by a synthesis of these two translations, two back translations, a synthesis of these back translations, an analysis by the specialist committee and a pretest. The validity of the content was performed by the analysis of the committee and the qualitative analysis of the pretest. After the application of the pretest and an individual interview with the applicants, two alterations were necessary on the document used as pretest. The final document originated will be applied in the near future to a larger sample of individuals for its validation to the Brazilian population.
Aging; Self Concept; Questionnaires; Translating; Instruments
