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Nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing patient sexual health in their future profession: Polish adaptation and validation of the students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health extended questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext)

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  • Barbara Ślusarska
  • Ludmiła Marcinowicz

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The aim of the study was to assess the success of an adaption of the Students’ Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health Extended Questionnaire (SA-SH-Ext) in meeting Polish linguistic and cultural norms, as well as to ascertain the nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual health using the SA-SH-Ext questionnaire. The sample size of the cross-sectional validation study consisted of 570 Polish nursing and midwifery students. The collected data was used to examine the internal consistency reliability and construct validity using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Internal consistency reliability showed a Cronbach’s alpha value of 0.91, and construct validity measured by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) demonstrated good results. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure of sampling adequacy (KMO) was high and amounted to 0.923, and the Bartlett’s test of sphericity was significant (p = 0.000). The analysis of construct validity demonstrated five major factors: “Present feelings of comfortableness” (Factor 1), “Future working environment” (Factor 2), “Fear of negative influence on future patient relation” (Factor 3), “Educational needs—Awareness of knowledge gap” (Factor 4), “Educational needs—Awareness of the needs for competences” (Factor 5). The SA-SH-Ext v.PL questionnaire is a reliable and valuable instrument for assessing the level of perceived preparedness among nursing and midwifery students in addressing patient sexual health, a field often neglected in health and holistic care.

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  • Barbara Ślusarska & Ludmiła Marcinowicz, 2024. "Nursing and midwifery students’ attitudes towards addressing patient sexual health in their future profession: Polish adaptation and validation of the students’ attitudes towards addressing sexual hea," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(6), pages 1-17, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0300515
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300515
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