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Development and validation of a short version of the Female Sexual Function Index in the Spanish population
- Source :
- BMC Women's Health, BMC Women's Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021), BMC Womens Health, r-IIB SANT PAU. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica Sant Pau, Universidad Europea (UEM)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a commonly used scale for the assessment of female sexual function. Our aim was to develop and validate a Spanish short version of the FSFI. Methods A parallel exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach was used, involving 2 sites. The process consisted of 2 steps: (1) cognitive and content validation of the previously translated FSFI in the Spanish population, both through a focus group; and item selection based on the difficulty and discrimination parameters using item response theory (IRT), thereby obtaining a short version of the scale (sFSFI-sv); (2) assessment of test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC) of the sFSFI-sv. The presence or absence of a sexual disorder variable based on clinical interview was used on the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) to establish the cut off point whose Area Under the Curve (AUC) based on sensibility and specificity was maximum. Results Specific modifications of the FSFI were made according to the focus group results. 114 women were included for IRT analysis. The initial IRT model pointed to the exclusion of items 1, 2, 5, 11, 18, and 19 (S-χ2 p Conclusion A focus group and the IRT analysis allowed the development of a 6-item Spanish version of the FSFI, which showed good reliability in a group of Spanish women.
- Subjects :
- Index (economics)
Psychometrics
Intraclass correlation
030232 urology & nephrology
Sexual dysfunction
Validity
Female sexual function index
lcsh:Gynecology and obstetrics
behavioral disciplines and activities
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Item response theory
medicine
Humans
Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
lcsh:RG1-991
Reliability (statistics)
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
Receiver operating characteristic
business.industry
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Reproducibility of Results
Obstetrics and Gynecology
lcsh:RA1-1270
Validity and reliability
General Medicine
Focus group
Scale
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Reproductive Medicine
Female
medicine.symptom
business
Spanish FSFI
Research Article
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14726874
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Women's Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....47596cb5b62c21e453f1a3aecd445e7b