Rating Scale of Sexual Activity in Women (RSSA-W). Validation through expert interview.
Pedro La Calle Marcos, J. García García, I. Fernández Agis, L. de la Fuente Sánchez, M.I. García Cantero.

SUMMARY

To clinical handle of female sexual dysfunction it would be necessary to count with simple and fast tools.

Study objective: Check psychometric properties of Escala de Valoración de la Actividad Sexual en la Mujer (EVAS-M).

Material and methods: 144 participants (mean age 29.91 years old; DT: 7.93) selected by snow ball procedure. Reliability and sort capability of the questionnaire was tested through analysis of regression and ROC curve.

Results: Coefficient of reliability, alpha of Crombach 0.66, can be consider enough for a brief scale. Correlation between total score and clinical criterion of 0.586, adequate validity data of EVAS-M with a significant prognostic capability (β = -0.208, Wald χ² = 16.876, p <0.001) and a predictive efficiency of 76.1%.

Conclusions: Results showed that EVAS-M, in addition to being an easy and quick tool, has some adequate psychometric properties to discriminate between functional and dysfunctional population.

KEY WORDS

EVAS, female, sexual dysfunction, scale, validation.