Design and psychometric analysis of a climacteric adjustment questionnaire for middle-aged women.
Journal
Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1530-0374
Titre abrégé: Menopause
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9433353
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2020
03 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
3
1
2020
medline:
5
1
2021
entrez:
3
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The climacteric adjustment questionnaire (CAQ) was developed to assess the adjustment with fertility changes in middle-aged women. The aim of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the CAQ in a sample of Iranian middle-aged women. This study used the impact item method and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to evaluate the psychometric properties and construct validity of the developed questionnaire. The primary questionnaire was developed based on a qualitative study. A principal componential analysis (34 items) with Varimax rotation was conducted in a cross-sectional study on 277 middle-aged women. In the qualitative section, of the 34 items extracted, those with an impact item index of over 1.5, a content validity ratio of over 0.42, and a content validity index of over 0.79 were considered as valid. EFA reduced the list of the items to 32 with six factors capable of predicting 58% of the variance. The Cronbach's α coefficient for CAQ was 0.863. The findings of the present study indicated that the validity and reliability of the questionnaire designed to measure the adjustment to the climacteric period in middle-aged women could be used in related studies.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31895178
doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001474
pii: 00042192-202003000-00013
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Validation Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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