Development and Validation of the Polish Version of Questionnaire for the Assessment of Psychosocial and Functional Effects of Metastatic Breast Cancer

The aim of this study is to adapt culturally and validate a questionnaire assessing experiences of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients in Poland. The questionnaire development was divided into three phases: bidirectional translation of the survey, testing it for acceptability and relevance, and...

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Published in:Journal of cancer education 2022-02, Vol.37 (1), p.46-51
Main Authors: Bochenek-Cibor, Justyna, Zawisza, Katarzyna, Georgiew, Filip, Bała, Małgorzata M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Breast cancer
Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis
Breast Neoplasms - psychology
Cancer
Cancer Research
Female
Field Tests
Humans
Kappa coefficient
Metastasis
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Poland
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Statistical Significance
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translations
Validity
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Summary:The aim of this study is to adapt culturally and validate a questionnaire assessing experiences of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients in Poland. The questionnaire development was divided into three phases: bidirectional translation of the survey, testing it for acceptability and relevance, and field testing. In the field study, 320 women with MBC completed the questionnaire, 50 of them twice for retest. Basic psychometric properties of the items used in questionnaire were analyzed. Test-retest reliability was assessed using kappa coefficient. In case of some items, known-group validity was verified. We made minor revisions to the construction and wording of the questionnaire. The analysis of the variables distributions used in the final version of the questionnaire showed that there were no redundant response categories across items. We checked for the floor and ceiling effect. It was found that there were a total of
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-020-01780-8