A contribution to the validation of the Italian version of the Body Image Scale (BIS)

A contribution to the validation of the Italian version of the Body Image Scale (BIS)

Abstract Background The Body Image Scale (BIS) is a 10-item mono-factorial scale, designed to capture distress and symptoms related to body image in cancer patients. This paper describes the conversion and psychometric evaluation of an Italian BIS version. Methods After the back-translation procedur...

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Main Authors: Maria Antonietta Annunziata, Barbara Muzzatti, Francesca Bomben, Cristiana Flaiban, Marika Piccinin, Valentina Solfrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Body image
Body image scale
Oncology
Psychometrics
Validation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-018-5143-6

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