Psychological consequences of cancer screening in HIV

Landstra, Jodie; Deane, Frank P.; Ciarrochi, Joseph

doi:10.1097/cco.0b013e328363dfbd

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“…In a review by Harris (2011) , potential harms that cross multiple conditions, e.g., non-adherence, overdiagnosis and targeted screening are discussed. Landstra et al (2013) contribute to this discussion by outlining that unrealistic optimism caused by negative screening results can lead to lower anxiety and thus to a reduction in health-promoting behaviors. A dilemma that occurs when introducing broad screening programs is that they tend to have low predictive power resulting in a high rate of false-positive results.…”

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Psychometric properties of the German version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for liver diseases

2022

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BackgroundThis study aimed to translate the negative and positive items of the Psychological Consequences Questionnaire (PCQ) into German, to adapt this version to the context of screening for cirrhosis and fibrosis of the liver, and to test its psychometric properties.Materials and methodsThe three subscales (physical, emotional, and social) were translated into German using a forward-backward translation method. Furthermore, we adapted the wording to the context of liver diseases. In sum, the PCQ comprises twelve negative items and ten positive items. We tested the acceptability, distribution properties, internal consistency, scale structure, and the convergent validity using an analysis sample of 443 patients who were screened for cirrhosis or fibrosis of the liver.ResultsWe found low non-response and non-unique answer rates on the PCQ items in general. However, positive items had higher non-response rates. All items showed strong floor effects. McDonald’s Omega was high for both the negative (ω = 0.95) and the positive PCQ scale (ω = 0.90), as well as for the total PCQ scale (ω = 0.86). Confirmatory factor analysis could reproduce the three dimensions that the PCQ intends to measure. However, it suggests not summing up a total PCQ score and instead treat the subscales separately considering a higher order overall construct. Convergent validity with the short form of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y-6) was acceptable.ConclusionOverall, our study results report a successful adaptation of the German PCQ with good performance in terms of acceptability, internal consistency, scale structure, and convergent validity. Floor-effects limit the content validity of the PCQ, which needs to be addressed in future research. However, the German version of the PCQ is a useful measurement for both negative and positive screening consequences - even in a non-cancer setting.

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Psychometric properties of the German version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for liver diseases

2022

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“…nonadherence, overdiagnosis and targeted screening are discussed. Landstra et al [4] contribute to this discussion by outlining that unrealistic optimism caused by negative screening results can lead to lower anxiety and thus to a reduction in health-promoting behaviours. A dilemma that occurs when introducing broad screening programmes is that they tend to have low predictive power resulting in a high rate of false-positive results.…”

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Psychometric properties of the German Version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ)

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Maun

Farin

2020

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Background: This study aimed to translate the negative and positive items of the Psychological Consequences Questionnaire (PCQ) into German, to adapt this version to the context of screening for cirrhosis of the liver, and to test its psychometric properties. Methods: The three subscales (physical, emotional, and social) were translated into German using a forward-backward translation method. Furthermore, we adapted the wording to the context of liver diseases. We tested the acceptability, distribution properties, internal consistency, scale structure, and the convergent validity using an analysis sample of 443 patients who were screened for cirrhosis or fibrosis of the liver. Results: We found low non-response and non-unique answer rates on the PCQ items in general. However, positive items had higher non-response rates. All items showed strong floor effects. Cronbach’s alpha was high for both the negative (α = 0.95) and the positive PCQ scale (α = 0.90), as well as for the total PCQ scale (α = 0.90). Confirmatory factor analysis could reproduce the three dimensions that the PCQ intends to measure. However, it suggests not summing up a total PCQ score and instead treat the subscales separately. Convergent validity with the short form of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-Y-6) was acceptable. Conclusions: Overall, our study results report a successful adaptation of the German PCQ with good performance in terms of acceptability, internal consistency, scale structure, and convergent validity. We could demonstrate that the German version of the PCQ is a useful and well-performing measurement for both negative and positive screening consequences, even in a non-cancer setting.

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Psychological consequences of cancer screening in HIV

Cited by 2 publications

References 26 publications

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for liver diseases

Psychometric properties of the German version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ) for liver diseases

Psychometric properties of the German Version of the Psychological Consequences of Screening Questionnaire (PCQ)

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