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Changying Chen
First affiliated hospital of Zhengzhou University
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-0241
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Purpose
Psychometrically valid and reliable supportive care need survey(SCNS) instrument explores perceived supportive care needs of cervical cancer patients in comprehensively. No Nepali validated version so we decided to test the psychometric properties of the translated Nepali version of SCNS-SF 34-N(Nepali) among cervical cancer patients.
Methods
334 participants were recruited purposively from 5 cancers specific hospital. Factor structure was assessed by using Exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Structure validity, Internal consistency convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the resulting factor structure were calculated and confirmed.
Results
Using EFA a five-factor structure was developed considering higher loading factor for multiple loaded items which was similar with the dimensions of the original version of the SCNS-SF34 (psychological, health system and information, physical and daily living, patient care and support, and sexuality), accounting for 65.48% of the total variance. Internal consistency was achieved at an acceptable level, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from 0.789 to 0.929for all five domains and 0.887 for the whole scale. Convergent validity was confirmed by significant inter item correlations with all corresponding items. Independent 't' test between known subgroups on age, marital status, stage of disease and treatment modalities confirmed discriminant validity.
Conclusions
It was confirmed that the SCNS-SF 34 N(Nepali) is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of the supportive care needs of cervical cancer patients in Nepal
Keywords
Psychometric, Cervical cancer, Validity, Reliability, Supportive care Needs
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Changying Chen
First affiliated hospital of Zhengzhou University
Corresponding Author
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-0241
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Subject Areas
Health Economics & Outcomes Research
License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Purpose
Psychometrically valid and reliable supportive care need survey(SCNS) instrument explores perceived supportive care needs of cervical cancer patients in comprehensively. No Nepali validated version so we decided to test the psychometric properties of the translated Nepali version of SCNS-SF 34-N(Nepali) among cervical cancer patients.
Methods
334 participants were recruited purposively from 5 cancers specific hospital. Factor structure was assessed by using Exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Structure validity, Internal consistency convergent validity, and discriminant validity of the resulting factor structure were calculated and confirmed.
Results
Using EFA a five-factor structure was developed considering higher loading factor for multiple loaded items which was similar with the dimensions of the original version of the SCNS-SF34 (psychological, health system and information, physical and daily living, patient care and support, and sexuality), accounting for 65.48% of the total variance. Internal consistency was achieved at an acceptable level, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients ranging from 0.789 to 0.929for all five domains and 0.887 for the whole scale. Convergent validity was confirmed by significant inter item correlations with all corresponding items. Independent 't' test between known subgroups on age, marital status, stage of disease and treatment modalities confirmed discriminant validity.
Conclusions
It was confirmed that the SCNS-SF 34 N(Nepali) is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of the supportive care needs of cervical cancer patients in Nepal
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