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Measuring HIV self-management in women living with HIV/AIDS: a psychometric evaluation study of the HIV Self-management Scale.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To develop and validate the HIV Self-management Scale for women, a new measure of HIV self-management, defined as the day-to-day decisions that individuals make to manage their illness. METHODS:The development and validation of the scale was undertaken in 3 phases: focus groups, expert review, and psychometric evaluation. Focus groups identified items describing the process and context of self-management in women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA). Items were refined using expert review and were then administered to WLHA in 2 sites in the United States (n = 260). Validity of the scale was assessed through factor analyses, model fit statistics, reliability testing, and convergent and discriminate validity. RESULTS:The final scale consists of 3 domains with 20 items describing the construct of HIV self-management. Daily self-management health practices, social support and HIV self-management, and chronicity of HIV self-management comprise the 3 domains. These domains explained 48.6% of the total variance in the scale. The item mean scores ranged from 1.7 to 2.8, and each domain demonstrated acceptable reliability (0.72-0.86) and stability (0.61-0.85). CONCLUSIONS:Self-management is critical for WLHA, who constitute over 50% of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and have poorer health outcomes than their male counterparts. Methods to assess the self-management behavior of WLHA are needed to enhance their health and wellbeing. Presently, no scales exist to measure HIV self-management. Our new 20-item HIV Self-management Scale is a valid and reliable measure of HIV self-management in this population. Differences in aspects of self-management may be related to social roles and community resources, and interventions targeting these factors may decrease morbidity in WLHA.

SUBMITTER: Webel AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3383929 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Measuring HIV self-management in women living with HIV/AIDS: a psychometric evaluation study of the HIV Self-management Scale.

Webel Allison R AR   Asher Alice A   Cuca Yvette Y   Okonsky Jennifer G JG   Kaihura Alphoncina A   Dawson Rose Carol C   Hanson Jan E JE   Salata Robert A RA   Burant Christopher J CJ  

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 20120701 3


<h4>Objective</h4>To develop and validate the HIV Self-management Scale for women, a new measure of HIV self-management, defined as the day-to-day decisions that individuals make to manage their illness.<h4>Methods</h4>The development and validation of the scale was undertaken in 3 phases: focus groups, expert review, and psychometric evaluation. Focus groups identified items describing the process and context of self-management in women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA). Items were refined using expe  ...[more]

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