title: Psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs Assessment Questionnaire.
abstract: No tools to assess women's general sexual and reproductive health needs have been validated in the Iranian context. This study in Sari in Mazandaran province of the Islamic Republic of Iran was conducted to evaluate the psychometric properties of a Persian version of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs Assessment Questionnaire (first developed for the International Organization for Migration and United Nations Population Fund). The Persian version of the questionnaire was found to have adequate face and content validity (quantitative and qualitative) for assessing sexual and reproductive health needs among women (content validity index = 0.88). The test-retest reliability showed that, except for the domain of sexually transmitted infections, all domains of the questionnaire had an acceptable reliability (intra-class correlation coefficients > 0.5). This questionnaire is a valid tool for assessing the sexual and reproductive health needs of Iranian women and planning/designing strategies to meet them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khani
authors.affiliation: Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moghaddam-Banaem
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mohamadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anthropology, Social Sciences Faculty, University of Tehran, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Vedadhir
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hajizadeh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D034121:Reproductive Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health