Development and initial psychometric evaluation of a COVID-related psychosocial experiences questionnaire for cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer survivors are at elevated risk of psychological problems related to COVID-19, yet no published measure adequately assesses their psychosocial experiences during the pandemic.

Purpose

Describe the development and factor structure of a comprehensive, self-report measure (COVID-19 Practical and Psychosocial Experiences questionnaire [COVID-PPE]) assessing the pandemic's impact on US cancer survivors.

Methods

The sample (n = 10,584) was divided into three groups to assess COVID-PPE factor structure by conducting: (1) initial calibration/exploratory analysis of the factor structure of 37 items (n = 5070), (2) confirmatory factor analysis of the best-fitting model (36 items after item removal; n = 5140), and (3) post-hoc confirmatory analysis with an addit

SUBMITTER: Saez-Clarke E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11817160 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature