Factor structure, internal consistency and distribution of Female Sexual Function Index among Mexican women with early diagnostic of breast cancer

Abstract

Background: Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) occurs frequently in women with breast cancer due to oncologic treatments. It is essential to have a validated instrument to diagnose and quantify FSD in this population accurately. Objective: To validate the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Method: The FSFI was applied to 272 sexually active Mexican women with recent diagnosis of breast cancer who had not initiated systemic cancer treatment. Results: The FSFI six-factor model is valid by confirmatory factor analysis, and the inventory and its factors have adequate internal consistency reliability. Conclusions: This study provides enough evidence about the reliability and factor structure of the FSFI questionnaire in the context of breast cancer clinical practice in Mexico.

Análisis factorial de la Escala Situacional de Empatía Emocional en una muestra universitaria chilena

“…Las cargas factoriales > .500 fueron consideradas adecuadas (Ferreira-Valente et al, 2016). Se consideró que hay diferencias entre los ajustes de los modelos unifactorial y de dos factores si el Δχ 2 es significativo y los valores de |Δcfi|, |Δrmsea| y |δsrmr| son superiores a .01 (Kong, 2017;Lima et al, 2022;Miaja et al, 2021), |δaic| > 10 (Mohsin et al, 2013, y |δbic| > 10 ( Kass & Raftery, 1995).…”