Cross-cultural translation and validation of the traumatic injuries distress scale – Spanish version

PURPOSE: The Traumatic Injuries Distress Scale is a patient-reported measure capturing experiences of distress following non-catastrophic musculoskeletal injuries. The original English version has shown adequate accuracy for predicting recovery trajectories up to 12 months later. Herein we describe the translation of the English TIDS into the TIDS-Spanish. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The prototype version was developed through a two-step …