title: Adaptation of the Sexual Adjustment and Body Image Scale in Turkish Breast Cancer Women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the validity and reliability of the Sexual Adjustment and Body Image Scale in Turkish breast cancer women.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a methodological and cross-sectional study, and included 161 breast cancer women.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The factor loadings in the exploratory factor analysis ranged from 0.83 to 0.90 for the sexual adjustment scales and ranged from 0.52 to 0.86 for the body image scale. The Cronbach's alpha values were 0.86, 0.83, and 0.89 for the subscales of sexual adjustment and 0.77 and 0.81 for the subscales of body image.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The scale is a valid and reliable tool to evaluate sexual adjustment and body image in Turkish breast cancer women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, School of Health, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı, Turkey.
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Erol Ursavaş
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgül
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Karayurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001828:Body Image; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D019529:Sexuality; D014421:Turkey
keywords: Body image; reliability; sexual adjustment; validity