20.500.12556/DKUM-89232 Psychometric properties of the Slovenian version of the Cancer Survivors' Unmet Needs (CaSUN-SL) measure in post-treatment cancer survivors Background: As the number of cancer survivors is growing, valid instruments for assessing cancer survivors' needs are required. Thus, the aim of this study was to translate and validate the Cancer Survivors Unmet Needs (CaSUN) scale. Methods: Cancer survivors were recruited from 30 family medicine practices and separated into two samples (sample 1, n = 147; sample 2, n = 148). Factor structure was explored with an exploratory analysis in sample 1 and determined with a confirmatory analysis in sample 2. Psychometric properties were assessed with internal consistency, test-retest reliability and construct validity. Results: A translation and cultural adaptation of the CaSUN scale resulted in 34 items being included in the final version. The factor structure confirmed the five-factors solution of the CaSUN-SL. Cronbach's alpha was 0.94 for the CaSUN-SL and ranged from 0.71-0.88 for specific domains. Test-retest reliability showed moderate-high stability over time. The CaSUN-SL significantly and positively correlated with anxiety (r = 0.49), depression (r = 0.44), health-related quality of life (r = 0.36), and negatively with self-perceived health (r = - 0.36) and resilience (r = - 0.47), which confirms the construct validity. In addition, we found a significant correlation between unmet needs and age (r = - 0.29), gender (r = 0.14), cancer stage (r = 0.20), cancer type (r = 0.19), and time since treatment (r = - 0.20). Conclusions: Results indicate that CaSUN-SL is a valid and reliable measure to assess the Slovenian cancer survivors' unmet, met and total needs and can be used for further prospective studies. Cancer survivors needs assessment psychometrics anxiety depression quality of life cancer survivol psychometrics preživeli bolniki z rakom ocena potreb psihometrija anksioznost depresija kakovost življenja rak preživetje psihometrija true false true BioMed Central Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-06-27 14:56:42 2024-06-27 15:10:50 2024-06-28 03:54:52 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Str. 1-10 Št. 1, št. članka 175 Letn. 10 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-04-10 2022-06-28 2022-07-17 616-006 115748611 10.1186/s40359-022-00878-6 2050-7283 Mirosevic-2022-Psychometric_properties_of_the.pdf Mirosevic-2022-Psychometric_properties_of_the.pdf 1 0296FCBEADA8C1937D459AAB3C072446 3eabe0f2f9cbdabfe67d617eef9ba1c9d64e7ba81b81e369f294c6c6e7811a4e 7c90e9c4-3486-11ef-901a-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=180850 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00878-6 0 c192c03c-3484-11ef-901a-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=180849 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0