Health Care Students' Attitudes Toward Addressing Sexual Health in Their Future Profession: Validity and Reliability of a Questionnaire

Kristina Areskoug-Josefsson, Päivi Juuso, Gunvor Gard, Bo Rolander, Agneta Larsson

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Abstract

To test the reliability and validity of the Students' Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Questionnaire (SA-SH), measuring students' attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their future professions. A cross-sectional online survey (22 items) were distributed to 186 nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy students in Sweden, April 2015. Validity and reliability were tested. The construct validity analysis led to three major factors: present feelings of comfortableness, future working environment, and fear of negative influence on future patient relations. The construct validity, internal consistency reliability, and intrarater reliability showed good results. The SA-SH is valid and reliable.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-250
Number of pages8
JournalInternational Journal of Sexual Health
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Jul 2

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Other Health Sciences

Free keywords

  • education
  • Psychometrics
  • reliability
  • sexuality
  • validity

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