DocumentationAll the cultural adaptation procedures should be traceable through the appropriate documents. These include, at the least:initial forward version;a summary of recommendations by the expert panel;the back-translation;a summary of problems found during the pre-testing of the instrument and the modifications proposed; andthe final version.It is also necessary to describe the samples used in this process (i.e. the composition of the expert panel and the pre-test respondent samples). For the latter, the number of individuals as well as their basic characteristics should be described, as appropriate.