RT journal article
T1 Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess the Perception of Women with Atopic Dermatitis in Family Planning
A1 Alcantara-Luna, Sara
A1 Ruiz-Villaverde, Ricardo
A1 Domínguez-Cruz, Javier
A1 Galán-Gutiérrez, Manuel
A1 Navarro-Triviño, Francisco J.
A1 Pereyra-Rodriguez, José-Juan
A1 Armario Hita, José Carlos
A2 Medicina
K1 atopic dermatitis
K1 gender
K1 pregnancy
K1 family planning
K1 sexuality
AB Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a highly frequent chronic inflammatory skindisease. It is important to know how women with AD approach family planning together withtheir disease. The aim of the present research is to develop and validate a questionnaire for womendiagnosed with AD in order to measure their level of desire and gestational information. Materialsand Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted. Women between 18 and 45 yearsold with mild, moderate, and severe forms of the disease were included and disease-free controls. Anexploratory factorial analysis of the primary components and varimax rotation was used to measurethe validity of the construct. Cronbach’s α was used to measure the reliability of the individualscales and the global questionnaire. Results: In total, 150 valid questionnaires were included. Thefinal questionnaire consisted of 23 items that converged on six factors. The six scales had adequatereliability: “Pregnancy” (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.95), “Conception” (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.93), “Concern-information” (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.82), “Breastfeeding” (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81), “Sexual life”(Cronbach’s alpha = 0.79), and “Family planning” (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.67). The total Cronbach’salpha of the questionnaire was 0.94. Discussion: This questionnaire is the first specific measurementinstrument developed for women with AD of childbearing age that has demonstrated adequate levelsof reliability and construct validity. We consider it useful and valuable to study aspects such as familyplanning in this patient profile, and that can influence their decision to have offspring
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28244
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28244
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026