Construction process and development stages of pandemic emotions questionnaire in cancer patients (PEQ-CP).
BMC Psychol
; 10(1): 226, 2022 Sep 27.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Despite the numerous tools built ad hoc to investigate the effects of the CoViD-19 pandemic on people, to date there are no known questionnaires that investigate the emotional experiences of cancer patients. This work aims to start a process of construction and validation of a tool that captures these aspects (Pandemic Emotions Questionnaire in Cancer Patients-PEQ-CP).METHOD:
A mixed method approach was used through three phases, each on a different sample Phase 1 creation of items and checking of internal validity, through unstructured interviews and verification of the validity of content by "peers" and "experts"; Phase 2 exploration of the factorial structure of the scale through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA); Phase 3 confirmation of the factorial structure of the scale through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA).RESULTS:
Phase 1 revealed 26 items that can be grouped into 4 theoretical dimensions. "Peers" and "experts" rated all items as understandable and relevant except one, which was reformulated. The EFA in the Phase 2 revealed a factorial structure with 14 items and three dimensions (Emotional Understanding, Communication of Emotions, Feelings the same as others), confirmed by the CFA in Phase 3.CONCLUSION:
Although further validation steps are required, the PEQ-CP showed good psychometric properties.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Psychol
Ano de publicação:
2022
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália