Abstract: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 evalua… Show more
“…In accordance with the literature, a comparison of the Polish version of the SA-SH Ext questionnaire with the original scale demonstrates that it is highly reliable and comparable to the original scale [30]. Additionally, other countries and care environments have confirmed the SA-SH questionnaire's usefulness [23,25,[31][32][33][34][35][36], which also determines the potential value of this instrument.…”
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.
“…In accordance with the literature, a comparison of the Polish version of the SA-SH Ext questionnaire with the original scale demonstrates that it is highly reliable and comparable to the original scale [30]. Additionally, other countries and care environments have confirmed the SA-SH questionnaire's usefulness [23,25,[31][32][33][34][35][36], which also determines the potential value of this instrument.…”
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.
“…In accordance with the literature, a comparison of the Polish version of the SA-SH Ext questionnaire with the original scale demonstrates that it is highly reliable and comparable to the original scale [30]. Additionally, other countries and care environments have confirmed the SA-SH questionnaire's usefulness [23,25,[31][32][33][34][35][36], which also determines the potential value of this instrument.…”
“…The 2-week interval test-retest showed, when allowing for one-point difference, a percentage agreement ranging from 88.2% -100% per item and 95.2% for the total scale, and SA-SH-D was considered able to produce acceptable stable scores over time and consistent measurements (243). SA-SH-D was adapted in the questionnaire 'Professionals' Attitudes towards Addressing Sexual Health' (PA-SH-D), which was used to investigate municipal healthcare professionals' attitudes towards working with sexual health (244) and the influence of a skills development course on health professionals' attitudes and practice in municipal rehabilitation of sexual problems (245).…”
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