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Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran
BACKGROUND: Andropause is a condition of decreasing testosterone in men that usually begins to occur at about 40 years of age. Many men find it difficult to acknowledge there may be a problem by refusing to even talk about the symptoms. AIMS: The study was conducted to the standards of MASSQ (2012)...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381466 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.122258 |
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author | Asadollahi, Abdolrahim Saberi, Laleh Fani Faraji, Nasrin |
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description | BACKGROUND: Andropause is a condition of decreasing testosterone in men that usually begins to occur at about 40 years of age. Many men find it difficult to acknowledge there may be a problem by refusing to even talk about the symptoms. AIMS: The study was conducted to the standards of MASSQ (2012) within male older adults to introduce a relevant criterion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: About 382 men with age range of 50-80 and with the mean age of 65.3 ± 2.32 were sampled with the cluster-ratio sampling method from the eight cities of Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. The aged samples replied to the 25 items of MASSQ. RESULTS: Coefficients of Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.89), split-half (0.91), convergent validity (0.72), divergent validity (−0.32), and criterion validity (0.67) were estimated, which were significant at P < 0.01. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the 25-items of MASSQ for aged samples are organized into four factors (sexual, somatic, psychic, and behavioral) which clarify 79% of the scale's variance. Second-order confirmatory factor analysis pointed out that the factors are well-matched up onto a principal factor. Consequently, the four-factor model was well appropriate for the data by the fit index techniques for adjusting the scale [adjusted goodness of fit index = 0.92, goodness-of-fit statistic = 0.91, root mean square error of approximation = 0.006, incremental fit index = 0.94, normed fit index = 0.91, comparative fit index = 0.97]. CONCLUSIONS: The results pointed to the well-adjusted reliability and validity of MASSQ and its usefulness for the relevant studies as well. |
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spelling | pubmed-38726712013-12-31 Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran Asadollahi, Abdolrahim Saberi, Laleh Fani Faraji, Nasrin J Midlife Health Original Article BACKGROUND: Andropause is a condition of decreasing testosterone in men that usually begins to occur at about 40 years of age. Many men find it difficult to acknowledge there may be a problem by refusing to even talk about the symptoms. AIMS: The study was conducted to the standards of MASSQ (2012) within male older adults to introduce a relevant criterion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: About 382 men with age range of 50-80 and with the mean age of 65.3 ± 2.32 were sampled with the cluster-ratio sampling method from the eight cities of Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. The aged samples replied to the 25 items of MASSQ. RESULTS: Coefficients of Cronbach's alpha (α = 0.89), split-half (0.91), convergent validity (0.72), divergent validity (−0.32), and criterion validity (0.67) were estimated, which were significant at P < 0.01. The exploratory factor analysis demonstrated that the 25-items of MASSQ for aged samples are organized into four factors (sexual, somatic, psychic, and behavioral) which clarify 79% of the scale's variance. Second-order confirmatory factor analysis pointed out that the factors are well-matched up onto a principal factor. Consequently, the four-factor model was well appropriate for the data by the fit index techniques for adjusting the scale [adjusted goodness of fit index = 0.92, goodness-of-fit statistic = 0.91, root mean square error of approximation = 0.006, incremental fit index = 0.94, normed fit index = 0.91, comparative fit index = 0.97]. CONCLUSIONS: The results pointed to the well-adjusted reliability and validity of MASSQ and its usefulness for the relevant studies as well. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3872671/ /pubmed/24381466 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.122258 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Mid-life Health http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Asadollahi, Abdolrahim Saberi, Laleh Fani Faraji, Nasrin Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title | Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title_full | Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title_fullStr | Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title_short | Validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in Khuzestan province of Iran |
title_sort | validity and reliability of male andropause symptoms self-assessment questionnaire among elderly males in khuzestan province of iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3872671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24381466 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-7800.122258 |
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