The Turkish Adaptation of the Male Version of the Sexual Quality of Life Scale in Men with Cardiovascular Disease

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 979 - 990, 21.10.2024

Dilek Sezgin , Ezgi Doğan , Hatice Mert

https://doi.org/10.33715/inonusaglik.1446802

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the validity and reliability of the Sexual Quality of Life Scale-Male version in men with cardiovascular disease. The study was conducted with 148 male patients who were hospitalized in a Training and Research Hospital Cardiology clinic, met the inclusion criteria, volunteered to participate in the study, were married or had a partner. The data were collected between May-June 2018 using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire and the Sexual Quality of Life Scale-Male form. The data were evaluated by confirmatory factor analysis, item total score correlation and Cronbach alpha analysis. According to the results of confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the fit indices of the scale were .84 and above, factor loads were between 0.30-0.59, and the Cronbach α coefficient was 0.97. In line with the results of the study, it was determined that the Sexual Life Quality Scale-Male version is a valid and reliable measurement tool in evaluating the sexual quality of life in men with cardiovascular disease.

Keywords

Cardiovascular disease, Quality of life, Reliability and validity, Sexuality

KARDİYOVASKÜLER HASTALIĞI OLAN ERKEKLERDE CİNSEL YAŞAM KALİTESİ ÖLÇEĞİ ERKEK VERSİYONUNUN TÜRKÇE’YE UYARLANMASI

Abstract

Çalışma Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Erkek versiyonunun kardiyovasküler hastalığı olan erkeklerde geçerlik ve güvenirliğinin belirlenmesi amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma bir Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kardiyoloji kliniğinde yatmakta olan, çalışmaya katılmaya gönüllü, evli veya partneri olan 148 erkek hasta ile yapılmıştır. Araştırmada veriler; Tanıtıcı Özellikler Soru Formu, Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Erkek formu kullanılarak Mayıs-Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında toplanmıştır. Veriler doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, madde toplam puan korelasyonu ve Cronbach alfa analizi ile değerlendirilmiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre, ölçeğin uyum indekslerinin .84 ve üzerinde, faktör yüklerinin 0.30-0.59 arasında, Cronbach α katsayısının 0.97 olduğu bulunmuştur. Çalışma sonuçları doğrultusunda Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği-Erkek versiyonunun kardiyovasküler hastalığı olan erkeklerde cinsel yaşam kalitesini değerlendirmede geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğu belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

Cinsellik, Geçerlik ve güvenirlik, Kardiyovasküler hastalık, Yaşam kalitesi

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