@article {Gamagee000289, author = {Prasanna J Gamage and Lauren V Fortington and Caroline F Finch}, title = {Adaptation, translation and reliability of the Australian {\textquoteleft}Juniors Enjoying Cricket Safely{\textquoteright} injury risk perception questionnaire for Sri Lanka}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, elocation-id = {e000289}, year = {2018}, doi = {10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000289}, publisher = {BMJ Specialist Journals}, abstract = {Objectives Cricket is a very popular sport in Sri Lanka. In this setting there has been limited research; specifically, there is little knowledge of cricket injuries. To support future research possibilities, the aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt, translate and test the reliability of an Australian-developed questionnaire for the Sri Lankan context.Methods The Australian {\textquoteleft}Juniors Enjoying Cricket Safely{\textquoteright} (JECS-Aus) injury risk perception questionnaire was cross-culturally adapted to suit the Sri Lankan context and subsequently translated into the two main languages (Sinhala and Tamil) based on standard forward-back translation. The translated questionnaires were examined for content validity by two language schoolteachers. The questionnaires were completed twice, 2 weeks apart, by two groups of school cricketers (males) aged 11{\textendash}15 years (Sinhala (n=24), Tamil (n=30)) to assess reliability. Test{\textendash}retest scores were evaluated for agreement. Where responses were \<100\% agreement, Cohen{\textquoteright}s kappa (κ) statistics were calculated. Questions with moderate-to-poor test{\textendash}retest reliability (κ\<0.6) were reconsidered for modification.Results Both the Sinhala and Tamil questionnaires had 100\% agreement for questions on demographic data, and 88\%{\textendash}100\% agreement for questions on participation in cricket and injury history. Of the injury risk perception questions, 72\% (Sinhala) and 90\% (Tamil) questions showed a substantial (κ=0.61{\textendash}0.8) and almost perfect (κ=0.81{\textendash}1.0) test{\textendash}retest agreement.Conclusion The adapted and translated JECS-SL questionnaire demonstrated strong reliability. This is the first study to adapt the JECS-Aus questionnaire for use in a different population, providing an outcome measure for assessing injury risk perceptions in Sri Lankan junior cricketers.}, URL = {https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000289}, eprint = {https://bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000289.full.pdf}, journal = {BMJ Open Sport \& Exercise Medicine} }