Author/Authors :
Karimian, Zahra Student Research Committee - Department of Reproductive Health - School of Nursing and Midwifery - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud , Merghati Khoei. Effat The Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS) - Institution for Risk Behavior Reduction - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Maasoumi, Raziyeh Department of Reproductive Health - Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Araban, Marzieh Social Determinants of Health Research Center - Public Health Department - Faculty of Health - Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz , Rasolzade, Mahbube Trauma Research Center - Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan , Aghayan, Shahrokh School of Medicine - Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud , Ali Azin, Seied Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center - Avicenna Research Institute (ACECR), Tehran
Abstract :
Background: Delivery of sexual health services rely on rigorous facts extracted
from surveys, but often those facts cannot be available due to the lack of culturallysensitive questionnaires.
Objective: our aim was to show the validity and reliability of the Persian version of
the Acquisition of Sexual Information Test (ASIT), a measure selected due to its
assemblages with Iranian culture.
Materials and Methods: Forward-backward procedure was applied to translate the
questionnaire. Cross-sectional study was carried out and psychometric properties of
the Iranian version were tested in a thirty sample of reproductive-age women. Face
validity was assessed by qualitative and quantitative methods. Content validity was
also assessed by calculating two quantitative indicators as content validity index
(CVI) and content validity ratio (CVR). Reliability was assessed by test-retest
analyses.
Results: Impact score was 1.5, the majority of participants (83.3%) stated that the
overall level of questionnaire was high but some of the questions were irrelevant to
sexual knowledge. Many questions (90%) gained a CVR less than 0.56, and all of
them gained CVIs lower than 0.7. Correlation in test-retest reliability was 0.85.
Conclusion: sexual knowledge questionnaire seems to be culturally inappropriate
for Iranian women. Although, we need survey data for assessing the evidence-based
needs for sexual health and best practice, but the questions addressing various
dimensions of sexuality must be culturally sensitive, comprehensive and appropriate.
Our findings suggest that ASIT as a well-known measure should be used in Iranian
population with caution.
