Sexual Adjustment and Body Image Scale (SABIS): a new measure for breast cancer patients.
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a self-report measure of body image and sexual adjustment in breast cancer patients: the Sexual Adjustment and Body Image Scale (SABIS). Three hundred and fifty three women diagnosed with primary breast cancer that had completed initial surgical treatment completed the SABIS and five measures of psychological, psychosocial, and sexual functioning. Psychometric properties of the SABIS were examined and it was found to be a reliable and valid means of assessing body image and sexuality in breast cancer patients following surgery.
Dalton
E Jane
EJ
Women's Mental Health Program, Women's College Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Rasmussen
Valaire Naisbitt
VN
Classen
Catherine C
CC
Grumann
Mareile
M
Palesh
Oxana Gronskaya
OG
Zarcone
Julia
J
Kraemer
Helena C
HC
Kirshner
Jeffrey J
JJ
Colman
Lauren K
LK
Morrow
Gary R
GR
Spiegel
David
D
D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001828:Body Image; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012649:Self Concept; D020018:Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health