简体中文版老年男性症状量表的信效度检验

Reliability and validity of the simplified Chinese version of the Aging Males′Symptoms Scale

目的检验简体中文版老年男性症状量表(AMS)在前列腺癌内分泌治疗患者中的适用性。方法对繁体中文版AMS进行文化调适,形成简体中文版AMS,邀请10名专家进行内容效度评定,并对221例前列腺癌内分泌治疗患者进行问卷调查,检验简体中文版AMS的信度和效度。结果简体中文版AMS的内容效度指数为0.95;量表含17个条目,探索性因子分析提取3个公因子,累积方差贡献率为60.801%;总量表的Cronbach′sα系数为0.871,折半信度为0.748。结论简体中文版AMS量表具有较好的信效度,可作为前列腺癌内分泌治疗患者雄激素缺乏相关不良反应的症状评估工具。

Objective To test the applicability of the simplified Chinese version of the Aging Males′Symptoms Scale(AMS)in prostate cancer patients receiving hormonal therapy.Methods The traditional Chinese version of AMS was culturally adapted to form the simplified Chinese version,then 10 experts were invited to evaluate the content validity.After that,221 prostate cancer patients receiving hormonal therapy were investigated to test the reliability and validity of the simplified Chinese version of AMS.Results The content validity index for the scale was 0.95.The scale contained 17 items,and 3 factors were identified by exploratory factor analysis,accounting for 60.801%of the total variance.The Cronbach′s alpha coefficient of the total scale was 0.871 and the split-half reliability was 0.748.Conclusion The simplified Chinese version of AMS has good reliability and validity,and can be used as a symptom assessment tool for androgen deficiency related adverse reactions in prostate cancer patients receiving hormonal therapy.