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Iranian Journal of Breast Diseases
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1- Department of Counseling,Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Khomein, Iran , mohammad.410@yahoo.com
2- Department of Counseling, Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
2- Department of Counseling, Khomein Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
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Introduction: The incidence rate of cancer is steadily increasing. In Iran, one of the most common types of cancer among women is breast cancer,and its incidence occurs at a younger age than in Western countries. Cancer affects various aspects of patients' lives, including social, physical, emotional, sexual, and family functioning. Therefore, responding to patients' needs after and during treatment and paying attention to different aspects of patients' lives is essential to create a quality individual and marital life. Given the importance of the quality of sexual life in women with breast cancer, there is a dire need for an appropriate and specific tool to accurately assess the quality of sexual life of patients with breast cancer. The present study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the sexual quality of life questionnaire in breast cancer survivors in Iran.
Methods: The research uses a correlation method of questionnaire norming. The research population included breast cancer survivors who were referred to Ayatollah Khansari Treatment Center and Imam Reza Clinic in Arak in 2021. From the research population, 200 breast cancer survivors completed the Sexual Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors Questionnaire. Convenience, purposive, and snowball sampling methods were used to select the sample. The inclusion criteria entailed being diagnosed with breast cancer, being over 18 years old, and having had sexual intercourse with a partner for at least the past six months. To collect data, the Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Survivors and the Sexual Self-Efficacy Questionnaire were used. Confirmatory factor analysis and the convergent validity coefficient were used to exmine the validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the test-retest method were used to examine the validity.
Results: The assessment of the validity of the tool using the confirmatory factor analysis method in the classical theory confirmed the five factors of sexual physiology, sexual psychology, sexual relationship, sexual mental image of the body and sexual cognition. The reliability coefficients of this questionnaire were calculated at 0.81, 0.87, 0.68, 0.73, and 0.68 for its five factors and 0.85 for the entire questionnaire, respectively, using Cronbach's alpha method.
Conclusion: The present study introduces a tool that can aid in assessing and evaluating the quality of Sexual Life among Breast Cancer Survivors in Iran.
Methods: The research uses a correlation method of questionnaire norming. The research population included breast cancer survivors who were referred to Ayatollah Khansari Treatment Center and Imam Reza Clinic in Arak in 2021. From the research population, 200 breast cancer survivors completed the Sexual Quality of Life in Breast Cancer Survivors Questionnaire. Convenience, purposive, and snowball sampling methods were used to select the sample. The inclusion criteria entailed being diagnosed with breast cancer, being over 18 years old, and having had sexual intercourse with a partner for at least the past six months. To collect data, the Sexual Quality of Life Questionnaire for Breast Cancer Survivors and the Sexual Self-Efficacy Questionnaire were used. Confirmatory factor analysis and the convergent validity coefficient were used to exmine the validity. Cronbach's alpha coefficient and the test-retest method were used to examine the validity.
Results: The assessment of the validity of the tool using the confirmatory factor analysis method in the classical theory confirmed the five factors of sexual physiology, sexual psychology, sexual relationship, sexual mental image of the body and sexual cognition. The reliability coefficients of this questionnaire were calculated at 0.81, 0.87, 0.68, 0.73, and 0.68 for its five factors and 0.85 for the entire questionnaire, respectively, using Cronbach's alpha method.
Conclusion: The present study introduces a tool that can aid in assessing and evaluating the quality of Sexual Life among Breast Cancer Survivors in Iran.
Type of Study: Applicable |
Subject:
Nutrition, psychology, sport
Received: 2024/07/30 | Accepted: 2025/03/24
Received: 2024/07/30 | Accepted: 2025/03/24
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