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Sexual Interest and Satisfaction Scale

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Purpose

The Sexual Interest and Satisfaction Scale (SIS) measures sexual adjustment after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI). The SIS is designed to assess sexuality and sexual function before and after the injury in two domains: interest and satisfaction (Siösteen et al., 1990).

Acronym SIS

Area of Assessment

Life Participation
Patient Satisfaction
Quality of Life

Assessment Type

Patient Reported Outcomes

Administration Mode

Paper & Pencil

Cost

Free

Diagnosis/Conditions

  • Brain Injury Recovery
  • Spinal Cord Injury

Populations

Spinal Injuries
Brain Injury

Key Descriptions

  • Number of items in the instrument: 6.
  • Minimum and Maximum score: 0-18.
  • Four items evaluate the impact of the injury on sexuality and sexual function using a 4-point response scale. The remaining 2 questions assess general satisfaction before and after injury using a modified 7-point visual analog scale. The post-injury rating is then converted to a 4-point scale, as is the difference between the pre- and post-injury ratings.
  • Administration Instructions: The SIS is a short self-administered questionnaire. It has been used in conjunction with other measures to gain a wider understanding of the client’s experience of sexuality (Siösteen et al., 1990).

Number of Items

6

Time to Administer

5 minutes

5 minutes or less

Required Training

No Training

Age Ranges

Adult

18 - 64

years

Elderly Adult

65 +

years

Instrument Reviewers

Initially reviewed by Jill Antonini, Tabatha James, & Kathryn Duke, Occupational Therapy Students at the University of Illinois at Chicago in March 2015.

ICF Domain

Body Function

Considerations

The SIS focuses on individuals in relationships and thus does not assess independent sexual experiences or experimentation. In addition, it is unclear whether the tool has been used with non-heterosexual individuals. The concept of positive sexual adjustment is also not well defined, as it may entail abstinence for some people. This may alter the meaning of the data collected by the instrument (Abramson et al., 2008).

 

Total care of SCI patients should include sexual information and counseling to improve sexual adjustment after injury (Siösteen et al., 1990).

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Spinal Injuries

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Internal Consistency

Spinal Cord Injury: (Siösteen et al., 1990)

  • Excellent internal consistency; may indicate redundancy (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.96)

Construct Validity

Spinal Cord Injury: (Siösteen et al., 1990; n = 73, ages ranged between 16-72 years more than 1 year post injury)

  • Excellent correlation with age at injury (r=0.63)
  • Excellent correlation with Quality of Life Dysfunction rating (r=-0.61)
  • Adequate correlation with Total QL rating (r=0.52)
  • Adequate correlation with QL-Loss of independence (r=-0.49)
  • Adequate correlation with QL-Depression (r=-0.45)

Brain Injury

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Internal Consistency

Traumatic Brain Injury (Kreuter et al., 1998)

  • Excellent internal consistency; may indicate redundancy (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.90)

Bibliography

Abramson, C. E., McBride, K. E., Konnyu, K. J., & Elliott, S. L. (2008). Sexual health outcome measures for individuals with a spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Spinal Cord, 46(5), 320-324. doi:10.1038/sj.sc.3102136

Kreuter, M., Dahllöf, A., Gudjonsson, G., Sullivan, M., & Siösteen, A. (1998). Sexual adjustment and its predictors after traumatic brain injury. Brain Injury, 12(5), 349-368. doi:10.1080/026990598122494

SCIRE Project (2013). Sexual Interest and Satisfaction Scale. Retrieved from http://www.scireproject.com/outcome-measures-new/sexual-interest-and-satisfaction-scale-sis

Siösteen, A., Lundqvist, C., Blomstrand, C., Sullivan, L., Sullivan, M. (1990). Sexual ability, activity, attitudes, and satisfaction as part of adjustment in spinal cord-injured subjects. Paraplegia, 28(5), 285-95.

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