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Theoretical to Tangible: Creating a Measure of Self-Advocacy for Female Cancer Survivors
Teresa L Hagan1, Susan Cohen, Clement Stone
1University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pennsylvania, USA.
Background And Purpose:
Self-advocacy is well appreciated but poorly defined concept in oncology.
Methods:
The development of the Female Self-Advocacy in Cancer Survivorship (FSACS) Scale's theoretical underpinnings and item development led to evaluations of the measure's content validity and reliability.
Results:
The construct of self-advocacy contains 3 subdimensions with 57 Likert-type self-report items. Content validity results (S-CVI = 0.81 and S-CVI/UA = 0.83) indicated strong relevancy of items. Reliability results for each of the 3 subdimensions supported the consistency of the FSACS Scale scores, with strong internal consistency (Cronbach's alphas = .88, .81, and .90) and test-retest reliability (PPMC r = .85, .97, and .88).
Conclusions:
The FSACS Scale captures the construct of self-advocacy, and its scores show strong reliability.
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