Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland

Objective: Neglected fertility intentions affect the quality of life of young women with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to revise the Taiwanese version of the Fertility Intention Scale and validate its psychometric properties among young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland. Me...

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Main Authors: Fei Zhu, Chunlei Liu, Queting Chen, Wanmin Qiang, Qian Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562523000823
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author Fei Zhu
Chunlei Liu
Queting Chen
Wanmin Qiang
Qian Lu
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Chunlei Liu
Queting Chen
Wanmin Qiang
Qian Lu
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description Objective: Neglected fertility intentions affect the quality of life of young women with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to revise the Taiwanese version of the Fertility Intention Scale and validate its psychometric properties among young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey with young women with breast cancer at a Chinese cancer hospital to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Revised Fertility Intention Scale. A two-phase study was conducted: (1) revision of the scale and (2) evaluation of the scale's reliability and validity. Results: Six new items and one new dimension were added to the original 15 items and four dimensions, reliability and validity of the 21-item Revised Fertility Intention Scale were verified in a sample of 436 women in Chineses Mainland with breast cancer who were aged 18–40 years. The content validity index, results of factor analysis, convergent validity, and known-groups validity were acceptable, and the Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficients supported the revised scale. Conclusions: The 21-item Revised Fertility Intention Scale has satisfactory reliability and validity for assessing fertility intentions among young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland. In clinical practice, nurses can use the scale to identify fertility intentions and associated factors in young women with breast cancer and develop feasible and effective oncofertility care measures.
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spelling doaj.art-c13d7675ecba46bea1ccc1b2b80962d32023-09-16T05:30:59ZengElsevierAsia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing2347-56252023-09-01109100264Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese MainlandFei Zhu0Chunlei Liu1Queting Chen2Wanmin Qiang3Qian Lu4School of Nursing, Hebei University, Baoding, ChinaSchool of Nursing, Hebei University, Baoding, China; Corresponding author.Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University, Baoding, ChinaDepartment of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin, ChinaDivision of Medical & Surgical Nursing, Peking University School of Nursing, Beijing, China; Corresponding author.Objective: Neglected fertility intentions affect the quality of life of young women with breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to revise the Taiwanese version of the Fertility Intention Scale and validate its psychometric properties among young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey with young women with breast cancer at a Chinese cancer hospital to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Revised Fertility Intention Scale. A two-phase study was conducted: (1) revision of the scale and (2) evaluation of the scale's reliability and validity. Results: Six new items and one new dimension were added to the original 15 items and four dimensions, reliability and validity of the 21-item Revised Fertility Intention Scale were verified in a sample of 436 women in Chineses Mainland with breast cancer who were aged 18–40 years. The content validity index, results of factor analysis, convergent validity, and known-groups validity were acceptable, and the Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficients supported the revised scale. Conclusions: The 21-item Revised Fertility Intention Scale has satisfactory reliability and validity for assessing fertility intentions among young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland. In clinical practice, nurses can use the scale to identify fertility intentions and associated factors in young women with breast cancer and develop feasible and effective oncofertility care measures.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562523000823Fertility intentionYoung breast cancerScale revisionInstrument validationOncofertility careOncology nurse
spellingShingle Fei Zhu
Chunlei Liu
Queting Chen
Wanmin Qiang
Qian Lu
Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
Fertility intention
Young breast cancer
Scale revision
Instrument validation
Oncofertility care
Oncology nurse
title Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
title_full Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
title_fullStr Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
title_full_unstemmed Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
title_short Revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in Chinese Mainland
title_sort revision and psychometric evaluation of a fertility intention scale for young women with breast cancer in chinese mainland
topic Fertility intention
Young breast cancer
Scale revision
Instrument validation
Oncofertility care
Oncology nurse
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2347562523000823
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