Construction process and development stages of pandemic emotions questionnaire in cancer patients (PEQ-CP).
BMC Psychol
; 10(1): 226, 2022 Sep 27.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2053977
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.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
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Neoplasms
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Psychol
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S40359-022-00930-5
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