Sexual Medicine (Jun 2016)

Validation of the Turkish Version of the Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) in Turkish-Speaking Women

  • Selcuk Selcuk, MD,
  • Mehmet Kucukbas, MD,
  • Cetin Cam, MD,
  • Ahmet Eser,
  • Belgin Devranoglu, MD,
  • Sebnem Turkyilmaz, MD,
  • Ates Karateke, MD

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esxm.2016.01.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. e91 – e96

Abstract

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Introduction: The Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) is designed to evaluate the sexual life of women for satisfaction, orgasm, desire, and pelvic problem interference. The SHOW-Q is important for evaluating worsening of sexual life for patients with pelvic problems and the management of these women to improve their sexual life. Aims: To validate the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q for Turkish-speaking women. Methods: The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q was generated by two independent professional English-to-Turkish translators. The translated version of the SHOW-Q was reverse translated by two bilingual translators whose native language was English. Women with at least one symptom related to pelvic problems (n = 71) and those with no symptoms (n = 38) were included in the present study. Main Outcome Measures: Test-retest reliability analysis, content-face validity, internal consistency reliability, item-total correlations, convergent validity, construct validity, and factorial validity were performed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q. Results: Test-retest reliability demonstrated good correlation for all subscales. Cronbach α values ranged from 0.735 to 0.892 and indicated high internal consistency. There was a strong correlation for the corresponding subscales between the SHOW-Q and the Female Sexual Function Index. The mean score of each SHOW-Q subscale showed significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Conclusion: The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to evaluate the sexual life of Turkish-speaking women with different pelvic problems.

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