TY - JOUR T1 - Development and Psychometric Evaluation of a Sexual Quality of Life Scale Specific to Patients with a Stoma TT - Stomaya Özgü Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeğinin Geliştirilmesi ve Psikometrik Değerlendirilmesi AU - Özkan, İlknur AU - Taylan, Seçil AU - Öncel, Selma AU - Alabaz, Ömer PY - 2025 DA - October Y2 - 2025 DO - 10.17049/jnursology.1550819 JF - Journal of Nursology PB - Atatürk Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2822-2954 VL - 0 IS - 0 LA - en AB - Objective: This study was conducted to develop a Sexual Quality of Life Scale Specific for Patients with a Stoma.Methods: The study used a methodological design and involved 179 people with an intestinal stoma.Results: Following exploratory factor analysis, the scale found that the scale to consist of four subdimensions (worries about spouse/partner, body image distortion, sexual dysfunction, and negative emotions) and 24 items explaining these dimensions. All factors together were found to explain 84.923% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis model showed a good fit, with factor loadings ranging from 0.584 to 0.975. The subdimensions had high Cronbach's alpha values between 0.910 and 0.981, indicating high internal consistency.Conclusion: As a result of the overall psychometric evaluation of the Stoma Sexual Quality of Life Scale, it was found to be a valid and reliable tool for assessing sexual quality of life in individuals with an intestinal stoma. KW - Stoma KW - sexuality KW - sexual quality of life KW - scale KW - adaptation KW - validity KW - reliability N2 - Amaç: Bu çalışma, stomaya özgü bir Cinsel Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği geliştirmek amacıyla yapılmıştır.Yöntemler: Çalışma, metodolojik bir tasarım kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiş ve bağırsak stomalı 179 kişiyi kapsamıştır.Bulgular: Yapılan açıklayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda, ölçeğin dört alt boyuttan (eş/partnerle ilgili endişeler, beden imajında bozulma, cinsel işlev bozukluğu ve olumsuz duygular) ve bu boyutları açıklayan 24 maddeden oluştuğu tespit edilmiştir. Tüm faktörlerin birlikte toplam varyansın %84,923’ünü açıkladığı belirlenmiştir. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi modelinin iyi bir uyum gösterdiği ve faktör yüklerinin 0,584 ile 0,975 arasında değiştiği saptanmıştır. 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