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

SUBMITTER: Webel AR 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature