Mammography Self-efficacy Scale and Breast Cancer Fear Scale: Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Versions Among Saudi Women

Conclusions This article provided initial evidence of reliability and construct validity for the modified CMSES-Arabic and the CBCFS-Arabic. Implications for Practice Nurses and other allied health professionals can now use these measures to better understand how self-efficacy and fear of BC are related to compliance with cancer screening among Saudi women and in other Arabic-speaking contexts. The scales could also be useful for developing and testing the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving mammography testing rates.
Source: Cancer Nursing - Category: Nursing Tags: ARTICLES Source Type: research