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Development and Validation of a Psycho-Sexual Inventory for Cancer Patients
Aashruti Pathania1, Anupama Thomas2, SreeRekha Kr3
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
Introduction:
Cancer, the second leading cause of death globally, profoundly impacts patients and caregivers across physical, psychosocial, and emotional domains, often leading to intimacy issues and sexual incompatibility. This study aimed to develop a tool to assess psychosexual disability in cancer patients.
Methods:
A pilot study with 100 cancer patients used an open-ended questionnaire to identify domains affecting sexual functioning, resulting in a 148-item draft tool on a 5-point Likert scale. This tool was administered to 500 subjects, with responses recorded. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha, and construct validity was evaluated via principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation and Kaiser normalization, followed by confirmatory factor analysis. Items with factor loadings < 0.5, duplicate, or redundant items were removed.
Results:
A 47-item inventory was finalized, comprising five subscales: spouse/partner, psychological, sexual, spirituality and pain. The Cronbach's alpha was 0.917, indicating high reliability, and the component transformation matrix showed no factor overlap.
Conclusion:
The Psycho-Sexual Inventory (PSI) for cancer patients demonstrated high reliability and face, content, and construct validity. Further testing will assess predictive, convergent, and discriminant validity.
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