Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging Questionnaire
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Objective[edit | edit source]
The Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging (DIVA) questionnaire represents a recent and multidimensional self-report assessment tool. Its primary purpose is to enable a thorough evaluation of how vaginal symptoms specifically impact the daily experiences and lives of a wide-ranging including individuals from various cultural, ethnic, and demographic backgrounds.
Intended Population[edit | edit source]
The intended population for the Day-to-Day Impact of Vaginal Aging (DIVA) questionnaire is postmenopausal women. It is designed to assess and evaluate the impact of vaginal aging-related symptoms and issues on the daily lives and quality of life of women who have gone through menopause.
Method of Use[edit | edit source]
The DIVA questionnaire is divided into four sections, each focusing on different aspects of how vaginal symptoms affect women:
- Daily Activities: This section has 5 items.
- Emotional Well-Being: It contains 4 items.
- Sexual Functioning: There are 5 items in the short version and 9 items in the longer version.
- Self-Concept and Body Image: This section comprises 5 items.
In each section, items are rated on a scale from 0 to 4 to assess the impact of vaginal symptoms, with higher scores denoting greater impact of vaginal symptoms[1].
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Reliability[edit | edit source]
It showed excellent internal consistency 0.82 to 0.93.
Test-retest correlations, assessing the questionnaire's consistency over time, ranged from 0.47 to 0.72.
Validity[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Huang AJ, Gregorich SE, Kuppermann M, Nakagawa S, Van Den Eeden SK, Brown JS, Richter HE, Walter LC, Thom D, Stewart AL. The day-to-day impact of vaginal aging questionnaire: A multidimensional measure of the impact of vaginal symptoms on functioning and well-being in postmenopausal women. Menopause (New York, NY). 2015 Feb;22(2):144.
