Development and Validation of the SEC-QOL Questionnaire in Women Using Contraceptive Methods

Abstract

SEC-QOL is a valid, reliable, and sensitive to change questionnaire for use in daily clinical practice and future research projects on contraception.

One year quality of life measured with SEC-QoL in levonorgestrel 52 mg IUS users

“…Period-related symptoms were assessed on the basis of women's personal perception. In order to determine HRQoL evolution of included women, they were asked to fill in, both at baseline (straight after introducing LNG-IUS) and at final visits, the self-administered SEC-QoL questionnaire [18]; a specific HRQoL questionnaire for fertile women on contraception which consists of 19 items distributed in five dimensions: "social" (5 items), "menstrual symptoms" (4 items),…”

“…However, to the best of our knowledge, there is a lack of studies aiming to determine the level of satisfaction and HRQoL of women using LNG-IUS for contraception, particularly, those in which HRQoL was assessed through questionnaires specifically designed for fertile women under contraception like the SEC-QoL questionnaire [18].…”

Development of a new tool for assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

“…We have developed a disease specific HRQoL questionnaire for PHPT patients using classical test theory and item response theory [22,23]. The first version composed of 34 items was reduced resulting in a final version of the question containing 16 items across two domains: physical and emotional.…”

“…The HRQoL questionnaire for patients with PHPT was developed in three phases, namely generation, selection, and reduction of items [21-23]. …”

Estetrol combined with drospirenone: an oral contraceptive with high acceptability, user satisfaction, well-being and favourable body weight control

“…The questionnaire assesses user satisfaction with the study medication (domain 1) and its effects on mood (domain 2a), sexual life (domain 2b), premenstrual symptoms (domain 2c), and its overall effect (domain 2d) ( Table 1). The domains and questions are similar to those used in validated measures like the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication (TSQM), the Spanish society of Contraception Quality-of-Life (SEC-QOL), or the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q) [12][13][14]. Possible responses varied from (much) better, no change, and (much) worse compared to that recorded at the previous visit.…”