Turkish validity and reliability of the sexual complaints screener for men

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity and reliability parameters of the Turkish version of the Sexual Complaints Screener for Men (SCS-M) which is a promising brief measure to assess sexual problems in daily practice.

METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted online. Data was collected through an online validated and content specific questionnaire via self-reporting. In total, 230 male participants between the ages of 18 and 25 submitted the questionnaire. SCS-M was translated into Turkish and applied with the International Index of Erectile Function, the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36). The p-value was evaluated statistically significant at p < 0.05.

RESULTS: The average age of participants was 21.89 ± 2.08. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient of the scale was 0.818. Correlation analysis between SCS-M, IIEF and IIEF sub-scales were statistically significant.

CONCLUSION: Turkish version of the SCS-M presented good psychometric parameters. SCS-M is a valid and reliable measure for the screening and evaluation of sexual complaints. It was additionally identified as a valuable contributor to the short measures in assessing male sexual problems in research and clinical practice.

KEYWORDS:

• Male sexual dysfuntions
• sexual problems
• validity
• reliability
• self report

Acknowledgements

We recognize that answering questions about sexual health and sexual dysfunctions may be deemed private and taboo, and answers difficult to collect on the researcher’s end. For this reason, we would like to thank young adults who took time to participate in this research.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

Anıl Gündüz http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-238X

İbrahim Gündoğmuş http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1921-1495

Alişan Burak Yaşar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6778-3009