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The Spanish Version Of The Child Medical Fear Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Adaptation And Validation

Leticia Martín-Rodríguez
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Nelia Soto-Ruiz
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Marta Ferraz-Torres
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Cristina García-Vivar
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Amaia Saralegui-Gainza
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Paula Escalada-Hernández
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Version 1 : Received: 31 October 2021 / Approved: 8 November 2021 / Online: 8 November 2021 (14:33:48 CET)

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San Martín-Rodríguez, L.; Soto-Ruiz, N.; Ferraz-Torres, M.; García-Vivar, C.; Saralegui-Gainza, A.; Escalada-Hernández, P. The Spanish Version of the Child Medical Fear Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 451. San Martín-Rodríguez, L.; Soto-Ruiz, N.; Ferraz-Torres, M.; García-Vivar, C.; Saralegui-Gainza, A.; Escalada-Hernández, P. The Spanish Version of the Child Medical Fear Questionnaire: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 451.

Abstract

Having valid and reliable tools that help health professionals to assess fear in children undergoing medical procedures is essential to offer humanized and quality of care in the paediatric population. The aim of this study was to develop the cross-cultural adaptation and the evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the “Child Medical Fear Scale” in its shortened version (CMFS-R). The design consisted of two phases, first of cross-cultural adaptation and second of the psychometric validation of the CMFS-R with a sample of 262 children from Spain. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to assess construct validity and the Cronbach alpha and the adjusted item-total score correlation coefficients were performed to study reliability. The results confirmed internal consistency and construct validity of the Spanish version of the CMFS-R, indicating that the scale has an acceptable level of validity and reliability. Therefore, this study brings a new version of the scale to assess fear related to medical procedures for use in the Spanish paediatric population.

Keywords

medical fear; children; psychometric properties; cross-cultural adaptation; Spanish

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Psychiatry and Mental Health

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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