Validation of the Turkish Version of the Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) in Turkish-Speaking Women

Autor: Selcuk Selcuk, MD, Mehmet Kucukbas, MD, Cetin Cam, MD, Ahmet Eser, Belgin Devranoglu, MD, Sebnem Turkyilmaz, MD, Ates Karateke, MD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Sexual Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 2, Pp e91-e96 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2050-1161
DOI: 10.1016/j.esxm.2016.01.003
Popis: Introduction: The Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) is designed to evaluate the sexual life of women for satisfaction, orgasm, desire, and pelvic problem interference. The SHOW-Q is important for evaluating worsening of sexual life for patients with pelvic problems and the management of these women to improve their sexual life. Aims: To validate the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q for Turkish-speaking women. Methods: The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q was generated by two independent professional English-to-Turkish translators. The translated version of the SHOW-Q was reverse translated by two bilingual translators whose native language was English. Women with at least one symptom related to pelvic problems (n = 71) and those with no symptoms (n = 38) were included in the present study. Main Outcome Measures: Test-retest reliability analysis, content-face validity, internal consistency reliability, item-total correlations, convergent validity, construct validity, and factorial validity were performed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q. Results: Test-retest reliability demonstrated good correlation for all subscales. Cronbach α values ranged from 0.735 to 0.892 and indicated high internal consistency. There was a strong correlation for the corresponding subscales between the SHOW-Q and the Female Sexual Function Index. The mean score of each SHOW-Q subscale showed significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to evaluate the sexual life of Turkish-speaking women with different pelvic problems.
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