Cent Eur J Nurs Midw 2022, 13(1):571-578 | DOI: 10.15452/cejnm.2021.12.0022

The Czech version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire: measuring validity and reliability

Renáta Zeleníková1, Kristýna Kovářová2, Petr Bujok3, Maurice Theunissen4,5
1 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
2 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic (student)
3 Department of Informatics and Computers, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
4 Department of Clinical Psychological Science, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
5 Department of Anesthesiology, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Aim: The aim of the study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Czech version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire.

Design: A cross-sectional study design. STROBE guidelines for reporting observational studies were followed for the study.

Methods: The study sample consisted of 332 adult patients from the Czech Republic. The Surgical Fear Questionnaire (SFQ) was used to measure preoperative fear. Cronbach’s alpha was calculated to test reliability. The construct validity of the SFQ was tested using exploratory factor analysis.

Results: Reliability of the instrument as a whole was confirmed by the high value of the Cronbach alpha coefficient (0.813). Two factors were identified for the Czech version of the SFQ in factor analysis.

Conclusion: The Czech version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire showed good validity and reliability and can be used in research and clinical practice. Further analysis of psychometric properties is needed to confirm these results.

Keywords: preoperative fear, reliability, surgery, Surgical Fear Questionnaire, validity

Received: February 16, 2021; Revised: March 12, 2021; Accepted: May 26, 2021; Prepublished online: July 4, 2021; Published: March 5, 2022  Show citation

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Zeleníková R, Kovářová K, Bujok P, Theunissen M. The Czech version of the Surgical Fear Questionnaire: measuring validity and reliability. Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery. 2022;13(1):571-578. doi: 10.15452/cejnm.2021.12.0022.
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