Development and validation of a marital anxiety scale for married patients with breast cancer of childbearing age
Yiou Fu, Yuqiao Xiao, Mingxia Yao, Yan Zhu, Ke Li, Shiqing Liu, Jinhua Li · 2026
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Yiou Fu and co-authors developed a questionnaire in 2026 to measure marital anxiety in married breast cancer patients who are still of childbearing age. Treatment effects such as breast loss, sexual problems, and fertility risk can strain a marriage, yet no dedicated scale existed for this worry.
Working from social ecological theory, the team drafted items through a literature review, patient interviews, and expert advice, then tested the scale on 509 patients split between two analysis samples. The final tool has 25 items across three main dimensions and nine sub-dimensions. Reliability scores were solid, with an overall alpha of 0.865 and a test-retest value of 0.902, and content validity indices were high. Some fit measures were only marginal, so the authors call the scale a useful starting tool that still needs wider checking.
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| CREATOR | Yiou Fu, Yuqiao Xiao, Mingxia Yao, Yan Zhu, Ke Li, Shiqing Liu, Jinhua Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43065 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |