Content validity and reliability of the danish version of health care students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health: a psychometric study

Prebble, Kristina S.; Gerbild, Helle Nygaard; Abrahamsen, Charlotte

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“…In comparison with previous studies of the original SA-SH, 38 , 40 , 41 and the Danish version of the SA-SH, 37 , 51 the extended version has high reliability and validity. Measuring the effectiveness of sexual health education interventions is important 18 and valid and reliable measurements to assess students´ readiness to address sexual health can provide teachers in higher education with a questionnaire to ensure the sustainable value of interprofessional sexual health educational interventions.…”

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“… 49 , 50 The psychometric tests showed good internal consistency of the SA-SH-Ext, thus indicating that the novel items should be kept. The level of Cronbach´s alpha was higher both for the SA-SH-Ext than for the original SA-SH, 38 , 40 and the Danish version of SA-SH, 37 , 51 indicating better reliability for the SA-SH-Ext than for the original SA-SH.…”

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“… 38 In a test-retest of the Danish version of the SA-SH there were promising results with a mean agreement percentage for the overall scale of 95.2% when allowing for a 1 point difference when measured at a 2 week interval. 51 …”

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Assessment of the Psychometrics of the Students' Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) Questionnaire for Social Educator Students

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Background Social educators have an important role in promoting and rehabilitating sexual health as they provide information, discuss, and support sexual health in daily life for persons living with impairments, intellectual disabilities, and complex needs. Aim The study aimed to assess the psychometrics of the Students´ Attitudes towards addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) questionnaire for social educator students. Methods A sample of 213 Norwegian social educator students was used to test internal consistency reliability and construct validity with explorative factor analysis. Outcomes Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbach's alpha of 0.906 and construct validity measured with explorative factor analysis showed good results with the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) being high (0.929) and Bartlett´s test of sphericity being significant (P = .000). Results The SA-SH-Ext is reliable and valid for social educator students, however the psychometric assessment revealed that the domains of the SA-SH-Ext should be revised compared to the original SA-SH questionnaire. Clinical implications Measuring the effectiveness of sexual health education interventions is important and to have a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess future professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health increases the ability to target specific client needs or knowledge gaps, such as addressing sexual health for persons with intellectual disabilities. Strengths and limitations: In comparison with previous studies of the original SA-SH, SA-SH-Ext has high reliability and validity. The current study was performed with classical test theory. Performing Rasch analysis may detect other psychometric issues, by improving precision and thereby providing a deeper understanding of both how to optimise a questionnaire and understand the results of a used questionnaire. Despite the response rate of 34%, the results are seen as valid considering the low correlation between response rate and validity and that the sample size was sufficient for the chosen psychometric tests. Conclusion The SA-SH-Ext is a valuable questionnaire for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among social educator students in addressing sexual health, a field often neglected in health and care.

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“… 25 Psychometric evaluation of the translated Danish Version of the Students’ Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health (SA-SH-D) has been carried out in 2 studies. 28 , 29 The first study showed valid and reliable results in multitrait/multi-items correlation matrix, face validity, content validity index (CVI), internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's Alpha 0.674 with variance 0.614–0.714), and floor and ceiling effects. 28 In addition, SA-SH-D was easy to complete (22 items).…”

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“… 28 The second study added to prior validation work and found acceptable face validity, good internal consistency (Cronbach's Alpha 0.84) and acceptable test-retest reliability. 29 …”

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Psychometric Properties of the Danish Version of the Questionnaire Professionals’ Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health (PA-SH-D)

Elnegaard¹,

Christensen

Thuesen

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Background Health professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health are important to promote patients’ sexual health. Therefore, measurement of health professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health is essential. Aim This study aimed to adapt the questionnaire Students’ Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health (SA-SH-D) to health professionals working with rehabilitation in Danish municipalities and evaluated psychometric properties of the adapted questionnaire: The Danish Version of the Professionals’ Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health (PA-SH-D). Methods The SA-SH-D was adapted to PA-SH-D and a face validity evaluation focusing on phrasing, functionality, perception and relevance was done. In a pilot study, the PA-SH-D was answered by health professionals and internal consistency reliability and floor and ceiling effects were evaluated. Outcomes Face validity included phrasing, functionality, perception and relevance of the items in PA-SH-D, internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha in the total scale and floor and ceiling effects. Results Face validity of the PA-SH-D was acceptable. The sample size was 52 health professionals working with rehabilitation, the internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha: 0.89 [lower confidence interval {CI}: 0.85]) and floor and ceiling effects (0.0%–13.7%) of the PA-SH-D were acceptable. Clinical translation As sexual health is important in human quality of life, the validation of the PA-SH-D is highly valuable as it evaluates health professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health, and thereby is able to measure the need for education and training in sexual health and detect changes in attitudes following an educational intervention. Strengths and limitations Strengths were that the PA-SH-D measures both attitudes and competences and covered a need in clinical practice. The recruitment was broad and we used the work of others to orient this work. Limitations were that this study covered a preliminary psychometric evaluation and a thorough evaluation covering other aspects of psychometry should be done. We used both paper-based and online-based survey which possibly could cause bias. The study had a relatively small sample size. Comparing health professionals to students can be seen as both a limitation and a strength. Conclusion The results in face validity and internal consistency reliability indicate usefulness of the PA-SH-D to measure health professionals’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health. Further evaluation of psychometric properties of the PA-SH-D is recommended.

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Nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing patient sexual health in their future profession: Polish adaptation and validation of the students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health extended questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext)

Ślusarska,

Marcinowicz

2024

PLoS ONE

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The aim of the study was to assess the success of an adaption of the Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended Questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext) in meeting Polish linguistic and cultural norms, as well as to ascertain the nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health using the SA-SH-Ext questionnaire. The sample size of the cross-sectional validation study consisted of 570 Polish nursing and midwifery students. The collected data was used to examine the internal consistency reliability and construct validity using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.91, and construct validity measured by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) demonstrated good results. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) was high and amounted to 0.923, and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity was significant (p = 0.000). The analysis of construct validity demonstrated five major factors: “Present feelings of comfortableness” (Factor 1), “Future working environment” (Factor 2), “Fear of negative influence on future patient relation” (Factor 3), “Educational needs—Awareness of knowledge gap” (Factor 4), “Educational needs—Awareness of the needs for competences” (Factor 5). The SA-SH-Ext v.PL questionnaire is a reliable and valuable instrument for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among nursing and midwifery students in addressing patient sexual health, a field often neglected in health and holistic care.

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Content validity and reliability of the danish version of health care students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health: a psychometric study

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Assessment of the Psychometrics of the Students' Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) Questionnaire for Social Educator Students

Assessment of the Psychometrics of the Students' Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended (SA-SH-Ext) Questionnaire for Social Educator Students

Psychometric Properties of the Danish Version of the Questionnaire Professionals’ Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health (PA-SH-D)

Nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing patient sexual health in their future profession: Polish adaptation and validation of the students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health extended questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext)

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