The 10 Rasch constructed scales underwent a preliminary psychometric evaluation using traditional psychometric tests [ 9, 11, 22] for: acceptability, scaling assumptions, reliability, and validity.
Five key psychometric properties were examined using traditional psychometric methods: acceptability, scaling assumptions, reliability (including internal consistency reliability, test-retest reproducibility); validity (including known groups and discriminant validity); and responsiveness.
Next, to address questions about whether web-based decision support would be acceptable to patients, the platform presented the Ottawa Acceptability Scale (Table 1) [ 62].
As some groups have moved up the social acceptability scale, others have slipped down.
The four IPC scales and the Acceptability scale met adequate internal consistency reliability criterion of >0.70.
The process evaluation will assess implementation and acceptability through acceptability scales, a schools questionnaire and interviews with children, parents, dentists, dental nurses and school staff.
The Cronbach's alpha coefficient for the 21-item adapted ease of use and acceptability scale was 0.90; for the three combined decisional conflict subscales it was 0.89.
Second, for the adapted six-item Acceptability Scale [ 62], the website scored 0 for negative ratings (e.g., "Not at all Clear" or "Somewhat Unclear") and 1 for positive ratings (e.g., "Clear" or "Very Clear").
Each study has shown overall support for the original findings on the MSIS-29 physical and psychological scale's data quality, scaling assumptions, acceptability, reliability, external validity and responsiveness to change in various settings and in a number of MS populations in the UK [ 19, 21, 24], Ireland [ 20, 23], the Netherlands [ 22, 26] and, more recently, Iran [ 25].
Acceptability Likert scale: 1 – Very unacceptable, 2 – Fairly unacceptable, 3 – Neutral, 4 – Fairly acceptable, 5 – Very acceptable Utility Likert scale 1 – Not useful at all, 2 – Not very useful, 3 – Neutral, 4 – Fairly useful, 5 – Very useful Analysis was performed on SPSS using non-parametric methods (Mann-Whitney U test).
As sexual dysfunction is a sensitive subject, the patients' acceptability of scale questions was also evaluated.> Literature searching using CINAHL, Embase, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed from 1992 to 2013 was conducted using the terms "breast cancer," "breast neoplasms", "sexual functioning," and "sexual dysfunction".
