Development of the Korean-version of Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI).
- Author:
Hei young KIM
1
;
Hyang sook SO
;
Kwang sung PARK
;
Seong Joo JEONG
;
Ja Young LEE
;
Soo Bang RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea. hsso@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
FSFI;
Female sexual function;
Reliability;
Validity
- MeSH:
Female*;
Gwangju;
Humans;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Reproducibility of Results;
Specialization;
Translations
- From:Korean Journal of Andrology
2002;20(1):50-56
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To develop a Korean version of FSFI for measuring the female sexual dysfunction and to verify both reliability and validity of the Korean version. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The FSFI English version was translated and back-translated with modification. Data from 116 married women residing in Gwangju city were collected through a questionnaire survey. The first and second surveys were conducted at two weeks interval for test-retest reliability. Content validity, constructvalidity, internal consistency reliability, and test-retest reliability of the FSFI Korean version were evaluated. RESULTS: Through Korean language localization of the English-version questionnaire, translations from English MATERIALS, content validity, preliminary survey and specialist panel discussions, the 19-section Korean-version questionnaire was completed. As a result of factor analysis by designating five as the number of its extracted factor, it is extracted five factors (six domains) as 'desire & arousal', 'lubrication', 'orgasm', 'satisfaction' and 'pain'. The total variance explained was 81.7%. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was 0.96 and test-retest reliability was r=0.973 (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The Korean version of FSFI is thought to have reliability and validity that may be used for Korean women subjects.
