ABSTRACT
Objective
The quality of sexual life encompasses sexual satisfaction and with partnership, the expression of sexual desires and values, good body image, in addition to physical, behavioral, psychological and emotional issues that affect sexuality. There are no reliable and valid instruments to assess the quality of sexual life of Brazilian women, so this study sought to translate the Questionnaire on Sexual Quality of Life – Female (SQoL-F) and present evidence of validity of the instrument in the Brazilian context.
Methods
The translation, content validity evaluation, pre-final version test and exploratory factor analysis were performed.
Results
The presence of a single factor was identified that explained 49% of the variance, consistent with what was proposed in the original questionnaire. This one-factor model presented adequate factor loadings (between 0.36 and 0.85).
Conclusion
The questionnaire had good internal consistency and presented satisfactory evidence of validity for use with Brazilian women.
Quality of sexual life; female sexuality; cross-cultural adaptation; factor analysis; psychometrics
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