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Concerns about cancer recurrence in Mexican women breast cancer survivors. Psychometric properties of the CARS scale

Concerns about cancer recurrence in Mexican women breast cancer survivors. Psychometric properties of the CARS scale

Authors :
Mónica Ramírez-Orozco
Mario Enrique Rojas-Russell
Oscar Galindo-Vázquez
Rebeca Robles-García
Rosario Costas-Muñíz
Juan Enrique Bargallo-Rocha
Abelardo Meneses-García
Source :
Ciencias Psicológicas, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Universidad Católica del Uruguay, 2023.

Abstract

Fear of recurrence is one of the main affectations of cancer survivors. In Latin-American exist a lack of evidence on the subject and of valid instruments to measure it. The objective of this study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Concerns About Recurrence Scale in Mexican breast cancer survivors. An instrumental study was carried out with 200 women breast cancer survivors with a mean age of 53 years old and a mean survival of 52.5 months. A confirmatory factor analysis of the original version of the scale identified four factors that explained 77 % of the variance and satisfactory goodness of fit indicators: CFI = .967, TLI = .957, SRMR = .035, RMSEA = .071 as well as high internal consistency α = .945. Significant associations were also identified between general fear subscale, anxiety subscale of the HADS and total HADS score (r = .638 and r = .607; p = .01). The CARS presented adequate validity, reliability and factorial structure. It is recommended for usage in clinical care and research with Mexican breast cancer survivors.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
16884221
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Ciencias Psicológicas
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.f57c593523954269b9c9c6873bb76b0d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.22235/cp.v17i1.2777