ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2021
Psychosocial distress in patients with cutaneous melanoma: validation of the Skin Cancer Index (SCI).
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- Quality of Life in Patients Affected by Facial Basal Cell Carcinoma: Prospective Longitudinal Pilot Study and Validation of Skin Cancer Index in Lithuanian Language.Pragmatic and observational research · 2024Article
- Cross-cultural adaptation of the Skin Cancer Index into Brazilian Portuguese for patients with cervicofacial nonmelanoma skin cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- Health-related quality of life and associated factors among non-melanoma skin cancer patients: a cross-sectional study.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Testing some psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Skin Cancer Index: A questionnaire for measuring quality of life in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Relation between personality dimensions and symptomatology of depression in skin cancer patients.BioPsychoSocial medicine · 2021Article
- Correlation of Psychosomatic Factors and Personality Traits With the Severity of Melanoma.In vivo (Athens, Greece)Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim of this study is to examine the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Skin Cancer Index (SCI) in a sample of patients with melanoma.
methodsThis study uses data from an observational study with longitudinal follow-up examining predictors of skin self-examination in melanoma patients from Montréal, Canada. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were used to investigate the factor structure of the 15-item SCI scale. Correlations with other psychosocial measures of anxiety and depression, fear of cancer recurrence, quality of life, and emotional well-being were computed to examine construct validity.
resultsEFA results with 241 participants revealed a two-factor structure with acceptable fit and no significant cross-loadings. CFA results with a subsample of 173 participants examining the two-factor structure and second-order structure found equivalent fit for the two solutions. Cronbach's alpha for the total scale score and both subscales was high. Both factors showed positive associations with measures of anxiety and depression and fear of cancer and negative associations with quality of life and emotional well-being.
conclusionOur study suggests that the SCI functions as a reliable two-factor scale assessing emotional and social distress in patients with melanoma, with the total SCI score assessing overall psychosocial distress.
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