Development of the Korean-version of Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI)

Kim, Hei young; So, Hyang sook; Park, Kwang sung; Jeong, Seong Joo; Lee, Ja Young; Ryu, Soo Bang

Abstract

PURPOSE: To develop a Korean version of FSFI for measuring the female sexual dysfunction and to verify both reliability and validity of the Korean version.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The FSFI English version was translated and back-translated with modification. Data from 116 married women residing in Gwangju city were collected through a questionnaire survey. The first and second surveys were conducted at two weeks interval for test-retest reliability. Content validity, constructvalidity, internal consistency reliability, and test-retest reliability of the FSFI Korean version were evaluated.
RESULTS
Through Korean language localization of the English-version questionnaire, translations from English MATERIALS, content validity, preliminary survey and specialist panel discussions, the 19-section Korean-version questionnaire was completed. As a result of factor analysis by designating five as the number of its extracted factor, it is extracted five factors (six domains) as 'desire & arousal', 'lubrication', 'orgasm', 'satisfaction' and 'pain'. The total variance explained was 81.7%. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for internal consistency was 0.96 and test-retest reliability was r=0.973 (p<0.001).
CONCLUSIONS
The Korean version of FSFI is thought to have reliability and validity that may be used for Korean women subjects.