title: Validation of the Turkish Version of the Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) in Turkish-Speaking Women.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire (SHOW-Q) is designed to evaluate the sexual life of women for satisfaction, orgasm, desire, and pelvic problem interference. The SHOW-Q is important for evaluating worsening of sexual life for patients with pelvic problems and the management of these women to improve their sexual life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To validate the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q for Turkish-speaking women.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q was generated by two independent professional English-to-Turkish translators. The translated version of the SHOW-Q was reverse translated by two bilingual translators whose native language was English. Women with at least one symptom related to pelvic problems (n = 71) and those with no symptoms (n = 38) were included in the present study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Test-retest reliability analysis, content-face validity, internal consistency reliability, item-total correlations, convergent validity, construct validity, and factorial validity were performed to assess the psychometric properties of the Turkish versions of the SHOW-Q.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Test-retest reliability demonstrated good correlation for all subscales. Cronbach α values ranged from 0.735 to 0.892 and indicated high internal consistency. There was a strong correlation for the corresponding subscales between the SHOW-Q and the Female Sexual Function Index. The mean score of each SHOW-Q subscale showed significant differences between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Turkish version of the SHOW-Q is a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to evaluate the sexual life of Turkish-speaking women with different pelvic problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: md_sel@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Selcuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Selcuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kucukbas
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Cetin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cam
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Belgin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Devranoglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sebnem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Turkyilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zeynep Kamil Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ates
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karateke
keywords: Female Sexual Dysfunction; Linguistic Validation; Sexual Health Outcomes in Women Questionnaire; Turkish Version