Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Student of Master of Epidemiology, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Department, Public Health Faculty, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Assistant Professor of reproductive health, Reproductive sciences and sexual health research center, faculty of nursing and midwifery, Isfahan University of medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Department of biostatistics and epidmiology, school of health, isfahan university of medical sciences, isfahan, iran
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Midwifery Division, Nursing & Midwifery School, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran & School of Medicine,
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Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
10.22038/ijogi.2024.74858.5856
Abstract
Background & Objectives: Questionnaires available inIran to assess the quality of life of menopausal women are short-translated questionnaires, that often only measure thefrequency and severity ofmenopausal symptoms and doesn’t include all dimensions affect thequality of life in this time period. Thereforethepresent study was conducted with thepurpose of designing andstandardization a questionnaire to evaluate thequality oflife of women on thethreshold of menopause and menopause.
Methods: TheFarsi version of menopausal women QoL questionnaire is being developed through a forward–backward translation process and was evaluated in 370 women aged 47 to 60 years who were randomly selected from women covered by Shahinshahr(Isfahan) health centers. To evaluate the face validity of the impact score index, to evaluate the content validity of the content validity index and content validity ratio, to evaluate the construct validity of the methods of correlation of convergence validity and discriminant validity andexploratory factor analysis, reliability of the questionnaire were assessed by Cronbach’s alpha and intra-class-correlation (ICC).
Results:The final questionnaire consists 43questions in 4scales (psychological, sexual, physical, sychosomatic). Inthis study, theresults show that each ofthe psychological, sexual, physical andpsychosomatic dimensions of Cronbach'salphacoefficients of 0.862, 0.805, 0.669, 0.728 andin total 0.879, respectively. and intra-class-correlation have obtained 0.875, 0.899, 0.841, 0.908 and in total 0.824, Face validity, content validity and structural validity were confirmed.
Conclusion: The present study provides a scientific, valid and reliable tool to assess the quality of life of women at the threshold of menopause and menopause in Farsi language that is in harmony with the cultural conditions of Iran.
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