Internal Structure and Consistency of the Spanish Version of the Six-Item Female Sexual Function Index

Objective: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the structure of the Spanish version of the FSFI-6 in climacteric Colombian women. Methods: The validation study involved 1,427 sexually active women aged between 40 and 59 years. Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega and confirmatory factor analysis...

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Autores:
Monterrosa-Castro, Álvaro
Campo-Arias, A
Herazo, E
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2019
Institución:
Universidad de Cartagena
Repositorio:
Repositorio Universidad de Cartagena
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unicartagena.edu.co:11227/20103
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/11227/20103
Palabra clave:
3. Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud
Physiological sexual dysfunction
Climacteric
Reliability and validity
Validation studies
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openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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Summary:Objective: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the structure of the Spanish version of the FSFI-6 in climacteric Colombian women. Methods: The validation study involved 1,427 sexually active women aged between 40 and 59 years. Cronbach’s alpha, McDonald’s omega and confirmatory factor analysis were calculated. Results: The Cronbach’s alpha was 0.876 and the McDonald’s omega was 0.886. The one- dimension model did not fit, chi-square=582.04, df=9, p<0.001, RMSEA=0.211 (90%CI 0.197-0.226), CFI=0.888 and TLI=0.813. Conclusion: The FSFI-6 presents a one-dimensional structure with high internal consistency in climacteric women from the Caribbean coast of Colombia. But, the data’s goodness of fit is inadequate. These findings need to be verified in other populations.