Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version

Introduction: There is a necessity of Pakistani (Urdu) translation and validation of Breast self-examination (BSE) self-efficacy scale to access high- risk women confidence in doing self-examination of breast as screening measures. The study aim is to translate and validate breast self-examination...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sumaira Naz, Sureeporn Thanasilp, Wasinee Wisesrith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medsci Publications 2024-11-01
Series:National Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/4672
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846171322261962752
author Sumaira Naz
Sureeporn Thanasilp
Wasinee Wisesrith
author_facet Sumaira Naz
Sureeporn Thanasilp
Wasinee Wisesrith
author_sort Sumaira Naz
collection DOAJ
description Introduction: There is a necessity of Pakistani (Urdu) translation and validation of Breast self-examination (BSE) self-efficacy scale to access high- risk women confidence in doing self-examination of breast as screening measures. The study aim is to translate and validate breast self-examination self-efficacy scale in Pakistani high-risk women. Methodology: The 12 items BSE Self-Efficacy scale was translated and validated by using Brislin (1970) and Sperber (2004) methodology. Psychometric properties of Pakistan version BSE Self-Efficacy scale were assessed among 120 women from oncology department of the tertiary care hospital in Pakistan selected with simple random sampling. CFA (Confirmatory factor analysis) was done for measuring the construct validity and reliability was assessed by Cronbach alpha coefficient. Demographics characteristics were analysed by descriptive statistics with SPSS and Mplus software was used for CFA. Results: The translated version showed semantic equivalence to the original English version. CFA results indicated that all 12 items were consistent with a unidimensional scale (χ2=464.3, p > .05, df=54, RMSEA =.025, CFI=.965, TLI=.913, SRMR=.062), Cronbach’s α value .96, demonstrating high reliability. Conclusion: The twelve-item BSE self-efficacy scale Pakistani version established appropriate translation, validity and reliability in measuring confidence of doing BSE.
format Article
id doaj-art-3269d9fae78149d7b74c157d0dce5a1b
institution Kabale University
issn 0976-3325
2229-6816
language English
publishDate 2024-11-01
publisher Medsci Publications
record_format Article
series National Journal of Community Medicine
spelling doaj-art-3269d9fae78149d7b74c157d0dce5a1b2024-11-10T21:58:30ZengMedsci PublicationsNational Journal of Community Medicine0976-33252229-68162024-11-011511Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) VersionSumaira Naz0Sureeporn Thanasilp1Wasinee Wisesrith2Chulalongkorn University/ Faculty of Nursing, Thailand; Institute of Nursing, Wah Medical College, Wah Cantt, PakistanAsian Wisdom Care Research Unit, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandFaculty of Nursing, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Introduction: There is a necessity of Pakistani (Urdu) translation and validation of Breast self-examination (BSE) self-efficacy scale to access high- risk women confidence in doing self-examination of breast as screening measures. The study aim is to translate and validate breast self-examination self-efficacy scale in Pakistani high-risk women. Methodology: The 12 items BSE Self-Efficacy scale was translated and validated by using Brislin (1970) and Sperber (2004) methodology. Psychometric properties of Pakistan version BSE Self-Efficacy scale were assessed among 120 women from oncology department of the tertiary care hospital in Pakistan selected with simple random sampling. CFA (Confirmatory factor analysis) was done for measuring the construct validity and reliability was assessed by Cronbach alpha coefficient. Demographics characteristics were analysed by descriptive statistics with SPSS and Mplus software was used for CFA. Results: The translated version showed semantic equivalence to the original English version. CFA results indicated that all 12 items were consistent with a unidimensional scale (χ2=464.3, p > .05, df=54, RMSEA =.025, CFI=.965, TLI=.913, SRMR=.062), Cronbach’s α value .96, demonstrating high reliability. Conclusion: The twelve-item BSE self-efficacy scale Pakistani version established appropriate translation, validity and reliability in measuring confidence of doing BSE. https://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/4672Breast self-examinationSelf-efficacyValidityReliability
spellingShingle Sumaira Naz
Sureeporn Thanasilp
Wasinee Wisesrith
Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
National Journal of Community Medicine
Breast self-examination
Self-efficacy
Validity
Reliability
title Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
title_full Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
title_fullStr Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
title_full_unstemmed Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
title_short Breast Self-Examination Self-Efficacy Scale: Translation and Validation in Pakistani (Urdu) Version
title_sort breast self examination self efficacy scale translation and validation in pakistani urdu version
topic Breast self-examination
Self-efficacy
Validity
Reliability
url https://www.njcmindia.com/index.php/file/article/view/4672
work_keys_str_mv AT sumairanaz breastselfexaminationselfefficacyscaletranslationandvalidationinpakistaniurduversion
AT sureepornthanasilp breastselfexaminationselfefficacyscaletranslationandvalidationinpakistaniurduversion
AT wasineewisesrith breastselfexaminationselfefficacyscaletranslationandvalidationinpakistaniurduversion