1. Psicothema
- Author
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María del Mar Fernández-Álvarez, Mei Fu, Judit Cachero-Rodriguez, Alvaro Menéndez-Aller, Ana Llaneza-Folgueras, and Rubén Martín-Payo
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Oncology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Asturias (Comunidad Autónoma) ,Index (economics) ,Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias (HUCA) ,Psychometrics ,Breast Neoplasms ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,validez ,Breast cancer ,cáncer ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,fiabilidad ,Lymphedema ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,Spanish version ,enfermo ,medicine.disease ,humanities ,psicometría ,test de diagnóstico ,Female ,lengua española ,Factor Analysis, Statistical ,business - Abstract
Aim: to translate and evaluate psychometric properties of the BCLE SEI Spanish version among Spanish-speaking breast cancer patients in Spain. Methods: cross-sectional, known-group comparison, and test-retest study design. To ensure the semantic equivalence and content validity, an integrative translation method was employed to translate the English version into Spanish. 286 patients were recruited, from 2018 to 2020, from the Asturias Central University Hospital, Spain. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, Cronbach’s alpha and test-retest reliability, and factor analysis, and the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Results: No semantic modifications to items were needed. The Spanish version of the instrument demonstrated excellent reliability (Cronbach's alpha= 0.93–0.97) and test-retest reliability (r = 0.78 – 0.87, n = 29). A significant difference was observed between the lymphedema group and non-lymphedema group (p < 0.001) in terms of total scale, symptom occurrence (p < 0.001), symptom distress of physical-functional (p Conclusions: This study provided initial evidence to support the psychometric properties and patient acceptance of the BCLE SEI Spanish version.
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- 2021