J Korean Med Sci.  2014 Jun;29(6):758-763. 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.6.758.

Development and Evaluation of Korean Version of Quality of Sexual Function (QSF-K) in Healthy Korean Women

• Lee Y
• Lim MC
• Son Y
• Joo J
• Park K
• Kim JS
• Lee DO
• Park SY

• KMID: 1796935
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2014.29.6.758

Abstract

This study was done to develop a Korean version of the Quality of Sexual Function (QSF-K) and evaluate the validity and reliability of the QSF-K. The participants were 220 women who visited the Center for Uterine Cancer at the National Cancer Center in Korea. Participants completed the scale once and then again at a two to four week interval. The QSF-K, Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) and European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 (EORTC-QLQ-C30) were used in this study. Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve, area under the ROC curve (AUC), intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), and Cronbach's alpha were analyzed. In the analysis of the reliability, Cronbach's alpha was 0.83 and the ICC was 0.70. The validity measured with the AUC of the QSF-K comparing the FSFI and Global Health/QOL of the EORTC-QLQ-C30 was 0.717 and 0.728, respectively. Specifically, the AUC of the sexual activity level of the QSF-K was 0.838 in the FSFI comparison. The AUC of the psycho-somatic QOL of the QSF-K was 0.758 in the Global Health/QOL of the EORTC-QLQ-C30 comparison. Approximately half of the women (51.8%) had mild complaints/problems. The Korean version of the QSF was developed and validated.

Keyword

Sexuality; Questionnaires; Validation

MeSH Terms

Adult
Area Under Curve
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
*Program Development
*Program Evaluation
*Quality of Life
Questionnaires
ROC Curve
Republic of Korea
*Sexuality

Figure

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  Fig. 1 ROC curve of Korean version of Quality of Sexual Function (QSF-K) compared to Korean version of Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI-K) and Global Health/QOL in EORTC-QLQ-C30 in healthy Korean women. (A) Sexual activity level in QSF-K compared to FSFI. (B) Psycho-somatic quality of life in QSF-K compared to Global health/QOL in EORTC-QLQ-C30.

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