[Psychometric features of the body image after breast cancer questionnaire-Chinese version in women with breast cancer].
OBJECTIVE
To examine the psychometric features of the body image after breast cancer questionnaire-Chinese version (BIBCQ-C) in Chinese women with breast cancer.


METHODS
A total of 545 women with breast cancer received a demographics investigation: BIBCQ-C and hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD). Four weeks later, 31 patients were selected randomly to finish BIBCQ-C again.


RESULTS
The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the total scale was 0.90, and that for the 6 factors ranged from 0.62 to 0.87. The mean inter-item correlation coefficient of the total scale was 0.16, and the mean inter-item correlation coefficient of the subscales ranged from 0.21 to 0.57, and the test-retest reliability of the total scale and 6 factors was over 0.60. The confirmatory factor analyses supported the 6-factor model, and BIBCQ-C were significantly correlated with the symptom scales of anxiety and depression (r=0.20, 0.21, P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
BIBCQ-C is reliable and valid, which can effectively assess body image of Chinese women with breast cancer.
Institute of Medical Psychology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Jingqiang
J
Zhang
Xiongzhao
X
Zhu
Lili
L
Tang
Gannong
G
Chen
Yuping
Y
Wang
Yuling
Y
Yang
Lingyan
L
Li
D001007:Anxiety; D044466:Asian People; D001828:Body Image; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires