Research Article

The Rating Form of IBD Patient Concerns: Translation, Validation, and First Implementation of the Greek Version

Table 3

Confirmatory factor analysis: fit indices for the premediated structural models of RFIPC.

ModelChi-squaredfCFIRMSEA

1-factor1564.82750.740.154
4-factor620.12030.900.101
6-factor533.81940.910.094
Adapted 4-factor455.32020.940.079

1-factor model—single factor loading of the 25 items. 4-factor model—22 items loaded in 4 factors: disease impact, complications, sexual intimacy, and body stigma. 6-factor model—22 items loaded in 6 factors: impact of disease, expectancy, treatment, intimacy, stigma, and complications. Adapted 4-factor—22 items loaded in 4 factors permitting the correlated error terms between items 15 and 16: disease impact, complications, sexual intimacy, and body stigma.