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

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...

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Autores principales: Gangeri, Laura, Alfieri, Sara, Greco, Margherita, Bosisio, Marco, Petrigliano, Rossella, Murru, Luciana, Borreani, Claudia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36167563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00930-5
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Sumario: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 structure of the scale through a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). RESULTS: Phase 1 revealed 26 items that can be grouped into 4 theoretical dimensions. "Peers" and "experts" rated all items as understandable and relevant except one, which was reformulated. The EFA in the Phase 2 revealed a factorial structure with 14 items and three dimensions (Emotional Understanding, Communication of Emotions, Feelings the same as others), confirmed by the CFA in Phase 3. CONCLUSION: Although further validation steps are required, the PEQ-CP showed good psychometric properties. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40359-022-00930-5.