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The General Well-Being Schedule (GWB) is a validated tool for assessing well-being, without focusing on physical dysfunction or being disease specific. As sensory impairments are strongly linked to reduced QoL, a Swedish GWB could have substantial clinical value.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To translate and culturally adapt the GWB into Swedish following the guidelines of the International Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), and to establish adequate content validity of the resulting instrument.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The GWB was translated into Swedish from English by following the ISPOR guidelines. Forward and backward translations were performed. Both healthcare professionals and patients with olfactory or hearing disorders contributed their opinions on the translation through focus groups, interviews, and ratings. Based on their input, we calculated the Scale Content Validity Index (S-CVI) and the Item Content Validity Index (I-CVI), to measure the questionnaire\u2019s overall content validity and the content validity of each item, respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The focus groups and interviews resulted in several linguistic and cultural adjustments. Content validity was excellent for the questionnaire as a whole with an S-CVI of 0.91. Out of the 18 questions, 16 had an excellent I-CVI (mean\u202f=\u202f0.94).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The GWB was successfully translated and culturally adapted for use in Sweden, following the ISPOR guidelines. 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