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Psychometric Evaluation of a Cross-Culturally Adapted Felt Stigma Questionnaire Among People Living with HIV in Kenya.
- Source :
- AIDS Patient Care & STDs; Aug2013, Vol. 27 Issue 8, p481-488, 8p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Psychometric properties of an 18-item HIV felt stigma questionnaire were evaluated utilizing data collected from a diverse ethnic and socioeconomic group of 370 people living with HIV/AIDS and receiving HIV/AIDS-related health services at an HIV clinic in Kenya. Factor analyses revealed a four factor solution (public attitudes, ostracize, discrimination, personal life disrupted) based on the Scree plot with explained variance of 44% that had Eigen values greater than 1.00. The retained felt stigma items revealed a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.828, while the four factors had coefficient alphas ranging from 0.675 to 0.799. The adapted retained questionnaire was deemed a practical guide for measuring felt stigma in a Kenyan cultural context to necessitate provision of the most effective HIV-related mental health services to individuals living with HIV in Kenya. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10872914
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Patient Care & STDs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89888463
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2012.0403