Psychometric properties of the Sexual Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (SABS-C8) for health professionals in cancer care settings

Measurement and Evaluations in Cancer Care Pub Date : 2024-05-10 DOI:10.1016/j.ymecc.2024.100006

Sharon Linsey Bingham , Cherith Jane Semple , Sean Richard O’Connor , Lynn Dunwoody

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Abstract

Background

Cancer and associated treatment can have a significant and detrimental impact on a person’s sexual wellbeing. Sexual attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals (HPs) working in cancer care settings can affect the support provided to help patients and partners to manage these concerns. This study evaluated psychometric properties of the Sexual Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (SABS-C8) adapted for use in cancer care settings.

Methods

Adaptation of original SABS was informed by evidence reviews and an expert panel of researchers. The 12-item SABS was completed by HPs working in cancer care (n = 391) prior to completing an eLearning intervention aimed at promoting provision of sexual support to patients and partners. Exploratory (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were conducted, reliability and validity of the scale were also explored.

Results

EFA showed potential for a three-factor model, with CFA indicating a better model fit (CMIN/DF < 3; GFI > .9; CFI > .9 and < RMSEA < .08) for 8 of the SABS-C items, lending support for a unidimensional model, with moderately acceptable reliability of.69. The 8-item scale was also able to discriminate between known groups with lower attitudinal barriers to providing sexual support apparent in HPs with over 12 years of experience, in nurses compared with other HPs, and in those with previous sexual wellbeing education (p < 0.001).

Conclusion

The SABS-C8 is a brief scale with acceptable reliability that can be used to assess attitudinal barriers to sexual support and help to identify HPs learning needs around providing sexual support in cancer care.

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性态度和信念量表（SABS-C8）的心理测量特性，适用于癌症护理环境中的医护人员

背景癌症和相关治疗会对患者的性健康产生重大不利影响。在癌症护理环境中工作的医护人员（HPs）的性态度和信念会影响到为帮助患者和伴侣处理这些问题而提供的支持。本研究评估了性态度和信念量表（SABS-C8）的心理测量特性，该量表经调整后可用于癌症护理环境。在完成一项旨在促进向患者及其伴侣提供性支持的电子学习干预之前，由从事癌症护理工作的 HPs（n = 391）完成了 12 个项目的 SABS。结果EFA显示了三因素模型的潜力，而CFA则表明SABS-C中的8个条目具有较好的模型拟合度（CMIN/DF < 3; GFI > .9; CFI > .9 and < RMSEA < .08），支持单维模型，信度为0.69，可适度接受。8 个项目的量表还能够区分已知的群体，在具有 12 年以上工作经验的 HPs、护士与其他 HPs 相比，以及以前接受过性健康教育的 HPs 中，提供性支持的态度障碍明显较低（p <0.001）。

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