Field Psychometric Testing of the Instrument for Assessment of Psychological Predictors of Well-Being and Quality of Life in People with HIV or AIDS

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1360 - 1369
• Main Authors: Remor, Eduardo, Fuster-RuizdeApodaca, Maria José, Ballester-Arnal, Rafael, Gómez-Martínez, Sandra, Fumaz, Carmina R., González-Garcia, Marian, Ubillos-Landa, Silvia, Aguirrezabal-Prado, Arrate, Molero, Fernando, Ruzafa-Martínez, Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.06.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - psychology; Adaptation, Psychological; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; AIDS; Analysis; Demographic variables; Demographics; Demography; Factor analysis; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Goodness of fit; Health Psychology; HIV; HIV Infections - psychology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Illnesses; Infectious Diseases; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Personal Satisfaction; Psychometrics - instrumentation; Psychometrics - methods; Public Health; Quality of Life; Reproducibility of Results; Sickness Impact Profile; Social Support; Sociodemographics; Spain; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tests; Well being; Young Adult; Spain; ANE, Spain; Questionnaire; Well-being; predictors psicológicos; cuestionario; Psychological predictors; bienestar; Screenphiv; Quality of life; calidad de vida
• ISSN: 1090-7165; 1573-3254
• DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1253-1

The Screenphiv, a screening measure for psychological issues related to HIV, was psychometrically tested in a study involving 744 HIV-infected people in Spain. Participants ages 18–82 ( M  = 43.04, 72 % men, 28 % women) completed an assessment protocol that included the Screenphiv and the MOS-HIV. A trained interviewer also collected relevant illness-related clinical data and socio-demographics from the participants. A confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the goodness of fit of the Screenphiv’s theoretical model and confirmed six first-order factors and two second-order factors [RMSEA (IC 90 %) = 0.07 (0.07–0.08)]. No floor or ceiling effects were observed for the scores. Cronbach’s alphas were acceptable for all of the factors (from 0.65 to 0.92). Criterion-related validity also achieved; Screenphiv scores were related to socio-demographic and clinical variables and MOS-HIV summary scores. The Screenphiv is a reliable and valid measure, ready to use in research and clinical settings in Spain.