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Front. Public Health
Sec. Life-Course Epidemiology and Social Inequalities in Health
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1384429
This article is part of the Research Topic Gender, Sexuality, and Well-Being: Impact on Well-Being Due to Gender and Sexual Orientation-Based Discrimination View all articles

Psychometric Properties and Cultural Adaptation of the Polish Version of The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale (GAP-PL)

Provisionally accepted
Piotr Karniej Piotr Karniej 1,2Anthony Dissen Anthony Dissen 3Raúl Juárez-Vela Raúl Juárez-Vela 2Ivan Santolalla Arnedo Ivan Santolalla Arnedo 2Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano Teresa Sufrate-Sorzano 2MARÍA ELENA GARROTE CÁMARA MARÍA ELENA GARROTE CÁMARA 2*Michał Czapla Michał Czapla 2,4
  • 1 WSB Universities, Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
  • 2 Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain
  • 3 School of Health Sciences, Stockton University, New Jersey, United States
  • 4 Department of Emergency Medical Service, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland

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    Introduction. The lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people often face unique medical disparities, including obstacles to accessing adequate and respectful care. The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties (internal consistency, reliability, and factor structure) of the Polish-language version of The Gay Affirmative Practice Scale (GAP-PL).Material. The study was conducted over a six-month period in 2023, from February to June, involving 329 medical students and professionals who evaluated the GAP-PL.Methods. Before testing the psychometric properties of the original Gay Affirmative Practice Scale (GAP), it was translated and adapted from the original English language version into the Polish language. Authors then tested the psychometric properties of the tool on a sample of 329 participants. The internal coherence of the questionnaire was tested with the analysis of verifying factors (Confirmatory Factor Analysis). Cronbach alpha and the discriminatory power index were used as internal consistency measures.Results. There were more female than male participants (55.32%). More than 53% of the participants were heterosexual, and the average age of the respondents was approximately 30 years. The internal consistency of the Polish-language version and its domains was strong with the overall Cronbach's alpha ranges for each subscale domains ranging between 0.936-0.949. The McDonald's omega coefficient was 0.963.The GAP-PL has excellent properties of factorial validity and can be used in research and clinical practice in Polish-speaking populations.

    Keywords: gender minorities, Gay people, Gay affirmative, acceptability of healthcare; gay, LGBT health care

    Received: 09 Feb 2024; Accepted: 15 Apr 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Karniej, Dissen, Juárez-Vela, Santolalla Arnedo, Sufrate-Sorzano, GARROTE CÁMARA and Czapla. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: MARÍA ELENA GARROTE CÁMARA, Group of Research in Care (GRUPAC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of La Rioja, Logroño, La Rioja, Spain

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