Development and validation of a short version of the Female Sexual Function Index in the Spanish population

Background: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a commonly used scale for the assessment of female sexual function. Our aim was to develop and validate a Spanish short version of the FSFI. Methods: A parallel exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach was used, involving 2 sites. The proc...

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Autores: Mateu-Arrom, Laura, Girabent-Farrés, Montserrat, González, Mónica, Palou, Joan, ERRANDO-SMET, CARLOS, Ramírez-García, Inés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:TecnoCampus
Repositorio:Repositori Digital del TecnoCampus
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.tecnocampus.cat:20.500.12367/2568
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12367/2568
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Female sexual function index
Spanish FSFI
Validity and reliability
Scale
Sexual dysfunction
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Sumario:Background: The Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) is a commonly used scale for the assessment of female sexual function. Our aim was to develop and validate a Spanish short version of the FSFI. Methods: A parallel exploratory, sequential mixed-methods approach was used, involving 2 sites. The process consisted of 2 steps: (1) cognitive and content validation of the previously translated FSFI in the Spanish population, both through a focus group; and item selection based on the difficulty and discrimination parameters using item response theory (IRT), thereby obtaining a short version of the scale (sFSFI-sv); (2) assessment of test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC) of the sFSFI-sv. [...]