Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-15 (MSISQ-15) into Spanish

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Brain, Cognition and Mental Health

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Introduction

Materials & Methods

Design

Variables and questionnaires

The Multiple Sclerosis Intimacy and Sexuality Questionnaire-15 (MSISQ-15)

Female Sexual Function-2 Questionnaire (FSM-2)

Male Sexual Function Questionnaire (FSH)

The Spanish version of the Multiple Sclerosis International Quality of Life questionnaire (MusiQol)

The Spanish version of the Dyadic Adjustment Scale-13 (EAD-13)

Process

Phase 1: Cross-cultural adaptation

Phase 2: Analysis of the psychometric properties

Data analysis

Ethical considerations

Results

Linguistic adaptation

Psychometric properties

Discussion

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Dataset: All analysis of sociodemographic characteristics and data obtained from the instruments included in the study

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15138/supp-1

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Antonio Esteve Ríos conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

María José Cabañero-Martínez conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Silvia Escribano analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Frederick Foley analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Sofía García-Sanjuán conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Human Ethics

The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals (i.e., approving body and any reference numbers):

The University of Alicante granted Ethical approval to carry out the study within its facilities (Ethical Application Ref: UA-2021-07-20)

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The data are available in the Supplemental Files.

Funding

The authors recieved no funding for this work. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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