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A novel, non-heteronormative phrasing of item 14 should reflect this important aspect.
This was done to confirm the importance of keeping the potential partner connotation in our revised phrasing of item 14.
A clinically validated version of the SIAS featuring a non-heteronormative phrasing of item 14 is thus needed.
Aside from validating a novel phrasing of item 14, the present study also extends previous research in several important aspects.
The original phrasing of item 11 ("If I am feeling well or not, cannot be affected") was modified ("If I am feeling well or not, can be affected").
Accordingly, the original heteronormative phrasing of item 14 of the SIAS likely reflects an attempt to capture the difficulty of talking to an attractive potential partner, and not merely someone attractive.
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Patients filled the form without omissions/questions regarding the phrasing of items.
To evaluate GPs' fears, avoidance attitudes and beliefs, we did not modify the phrasing of items but slightly adapted the first sentence of instructions to patients.
In order to improve the questionnaire, we still need to evaluate whether older women, who were less prone to respond to this item, did not understand the phrasing of this item or the process of screening more broadly.
Lack of coherence of response scale with item The response scale does not fit the phrasing of the item. 3 g.
Respondents were asked to think out loud, contemplating about their interpretation and the possible meaning and phrasing of the item.
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