RESEARCH PAPER Caring for women globally: Psychometric testing of two instruments translated into five languages for use in cardiovascular recovery Lucia Gonzales RN NP-C MBA PhD Associate Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Anne Koci PhD RN FNP-BC WHNP Professor, Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas, USA Rose Mary Gee RN PhD Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, USA Ariko Noji RN PhD Professor, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Dale Glaser PhD Statistician, Glaser Consulting, San Diego, California, USA Allison K Marsh MPH Social Worker, Harlem Children’s Zone, New York, New York, USA Kathy K Marsh PhD RN Associate Professor, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Amara Michella Altman MSN RN Alumna, University of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Nasser Al Salmi MSN Educator, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Sulaiman Al Sabei MSN PhD Student, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA Accepted for publication 1 January 2015 Gonzales L, Koci A, Gee R, Noji A, Glaser D, Marsh AK, Marsh KK, Altman AM, Al Salmi N, Al Sabei S. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2015; 21 (Suppl. 1): 27–37 Correspondence: Lucia Gonzales, University of San Diego Hahn School of Nursing, Betty and Bob Beyster Institute for Nursing Research, Advanced Practice and Simulation, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110, USA. Email: lgonzales@sandiego.edu International Journal of Nursing Practice 2015; 21 (Suppl. 1), 27–37 doi:10.1111/ijn.12393 © 2015 Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd