Table 4.

Features of DISCERN versions translated and validated in different languages.

DISCERN version	Population in which the DISCERN versions were validated	Materials used	Raters	Limitations induced by subjective evaluation
German; McCool et al [3]	2 independent raters with backgrounds in public health and medicine	Information available to German patients with eczema	2 independent raters with backgrounds in public health and medicine	Unspecified
Portuguese; Logullo et al [24]	126 journalism students	A text about smoking cessation treatments	126 journalism students	Unspecified
Spanish; Montoya et al [25]	20 raters fluent in the source language (English)	No	20 raters fluent in the source language (English)	Unspecified
German; Dierks et al [26]	15 physicians	No	15 physicians	Unspecified
Japanese; Batchelor and Ohya [59]	15 members of the medical staff and 9 carers of 9 children attending the Department of Allergy outpatient clinic at the National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan	Information contained in pamphlets on treatments for asthma and atopic dermatitis	15 members of the medical staff and 9 carers of 9 children	Unspecified