Construction process and development stages of pandemic emotions questionnaire in cancer patients (PEQ-CP).

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 st

SUBMITTER: Gangeri L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature