UBC provides a variety of services to support the use of clinician-rated and patient-reported scales in clinical research.
We can:
- Identify appropriate scale versions and translations
- Locate copyright holders or licensed distributors
- Acquire and distribute manuals and scoring sheets to sites
- Convert scales to electronic documents, organizing documents by visit, by rater or by subject on our validated website
UBC also locates commercially available scale translations, using proven methodology to translate scales and instruments into any language, following the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Principles of Good Practice for translation and validation.
Our comprehensive services include psychometric and cultural validation programs in conjunction with established research groups.