Development of a Functional and Emotional Measure of Dysmenorrhea (FEMD) in Chinese University Women.

Primary dysmenorrhea, or cramps, causes pain, limits activity, and increases emotional tension in young women, but its measurement has not received enough research attention. We have developed a functional and emotional measure of dysmenorrhea (FEMD, 14 items), and trialed it with a sample of 833 Ch...

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Publicado en:Health Care for Women International Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 97 - 109
Autores principales: Li, Li, Huangfu, Lixia, Chai, Hao, He, Wei, Song, Huafen, Zou, Xiaohui, Wang, Wei
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2012
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          Li, Li
          Huangfu, Lixia
          Chai, Hao
          He, Wei
          Song, Huafen
          Zou, Xiaohui
          Wang, Wei
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          Instrument Validation
          Questionnaires Evaluation
          Dysmenorrhea
          Emotions
          Functional Assessment
          Human
          Chinese Persons
          Factor Analysis
          Pain Measurement
          Young Adult
          Female
          Descriptive Statistics
          Visual Analog Scaling
          Scales
          Goodness of Fit Chi Square Test
          Validation Studies
          Female
      ab: Primary dysmenorrhea, or cramps, causes pain, limits activity, and increases emotional tension in young women, but its measurement has not received enough research attention. We have developed a functional and emotional measure of dysmenorrhea (FEMD, 14 items), and trialed it with a sample of 833 Chinese university women. Two factors (scales) were extracted by principal component analysis (PCA) and subsequently approved by a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The two scales were intercorrelated and were correlated with experienced pain severity and, to a lesser degree, with the depressive tendency. We have demonstrated that FEMD has stable components that might help measure dysmenorrhea-related dysfunctions.
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