Poor-fit indexes of Kupperman index: a psychometric analysis based on item response theory
| dc.contributor.author | Cogo-Moreira, Hugo [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jackowski, Andrea P. [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araujo, Teresa R. E. de [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Laprano Vieira, Lucia Helena [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Haidar, Mauro Abi [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.author | Silva, Ivaldo [UNIFESP] | |
| dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-24T14:40:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-01-24T14:40:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-04-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: This study aims to test the construct validity of the 11 items of the Kupperman index (KI), which has been pioneering in its attempt to quantify climacteric symptoms.Methods: Unidimensional confirmatory factor analysis of the 11 graded items (hot flashes, paresthesia, insomnia, nervousness, melancholia, vertigo, weakness, arthralgia or myalgia, headache, palpitations, and formication), using a four-point scale (0, none; 4, severe), was used to evaluate the KI in a sample consisting of 84 women with a mean (SD) age of 54.34 (4.00) years who have been in menopause for a mean (SD) of 4.36 (2.53) years.Results: the KI returned poor results on unidimensional model testing (root-mean-square error adjustment, 0.109; 90% CI, 0.075-0.142; comparative fit index, 0.871; Tucker Lewis index, 0.838; weighted root-mean-square residual, 0.971; chi(2)(44) = 87.599; P < 0.001), indicating that the set of items does not properly evaluate the underlying phenomena (climacteric symptoms).Conclusions: Our study verifies the poor fit of the KI and provides psychometric evidence that KI items warrant revision and/or that the concept underlying climacteric symptoms should be revisited. | en |
| dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychiat, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliation | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Gynecol, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Psychiat, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.affiliationUnifesp | Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Dept Gynecol, São Paulo, Brazil | |
| dc.description.source | Web of Science | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) | |
| dc.format.extent | 444-447 | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/gme.0000000000000338 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Menopause-the Journal of the North American Menopause Society. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, v. 22, n. 4, p. 444-447, 2015. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1097/gme.0000000000000338 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1072-3714 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/38967 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000351886400013 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Menopause-the Journal of the North American Menopause Society | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | |
| dc.subject | Kupperman index | en |
| dc.subject | Menopause | en |
| dc.subject | Climacteric symptoms | en |
| dc.subject | Construct validity | en |
| dc.subject | Psychometrics | en |
| dc.title | Poor-fit indexes of Kupperman index: a psychometric analysis based on item response theory | en |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |