A prevalence and psychometric study on fear of cancer in women with abnormal cervical cytology undergoing colposcopy

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dc.contributor.authorÜner, Fatma Özlem
dc.contributor.authorKörükcü, Öznur
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-19T21:16:26Z
dc.date.available2021-02-19T21:16:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentALKÜ
dc.descriptionKorukcu, Oznur/0000-0001-5840-9114
dc.description.abstractObjective To determine the levels of fear of cancer in women who were referred for colposcopy and to determine validity and reliability of the Cancer Worry Scale (CWS) in gynaecology patients. Methods The study was conducted between March-November 2017 with 200 women at the Gynaecologic Oncology Clinic at Akdeniz University Hospital in Turkey. Reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analyzes, and multidimensional sum-score estimation were used for psychometric analyzes. One-way ANOVA and independent samplest-test were also used. Results Total score for the CWS of the participants was determined as 20.05 +/- 7.87 in colposcopy patients. Marital status, information about the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear test and colposcopy, and fear of colposcopy were strongly associated with fear of cancer. We determined that a one-factor structure emerged for the scale and that the total contribution of this factor to the explained variance was 53.35%. CFA was applied to obtain additional evidence of structural validity in line with the scores obtained from the scale. The overall Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the scale was 0.87. Conclusions Our study revealed that levels of fear of cancer were high in women who were referred for colposcopy. Furthermore, the CWS was determined as a valid and reliable tool to measure the fear of cancer in women undergoing cervical screening/follow-up for abnormal cytology.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific Research Projects Unit of Akdeniz University, Antalya, TurkeyAkdeniz University [TYL-2017-2412]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by the Scientific Research Projects Unit of Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey (Project Number: TYL-2017-2412).
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/pon.5504
dc.identifier.endpage1855en_US
dc.identifier.issn1057-9249
dc.identifier.issn1099-1611
dc.identifier.issue11en_US
dc.identifier.pmid32748443
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage1850en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5504
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12868/428
dc.identifier.volume29en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000563814500001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.institutionauthor0-belirlenecek
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofPsycho-Oncology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectcancer
dc.subjectcancerphobia
dc.subjectCancer Worry Scale
dc.subjectcarcinophobia
dc.subjectcolposcopy
dc.subjectfear of cancer
dc.subjectpsycho-oncology
dc.titleA prevalence and psychometric study on fear of cancer in women with abnormal cervical cytology undergoing colposcopy
dc.typeArticle

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