1. Validation of Persian version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire in Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Salehi M, Niroumand S, Erfanian MR, Sajjadi RB, and Dadgarmoghaddam M
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- Adult, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Iran, Male, Middle Aged, HIV Infections, Health Surveys standards, Quality of Life, World Health Organization
- Abstract
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to validate the first Persian version of the WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire. The study sample comprised 61 patients regularly attending the outpatient infectious disease clinic consultation centre for patients with behavioural disorders in 2013-2014. The internal consistency, content related validity and reliability of WHOQOL-HIV BREF were evaluated. Content validity was quantified using the content validity ratio (CVR) according the to Lawshe formula. CVR > 0.51 and mean judgment > 2 were significant at P = 0.05. The Cronbach alpha score was > 0.7 for each domain and = 0.87 for the whole scale, indicating good reliability. Item-to-total correlation coefficient between each item and its respective domain was 0.39-0.87. The correlation between each domain and overall QOL was excellent. This study demonstrates that the Persian version of WHOQOL-HIV BREF is a valid and reliable tool for evaluation of QOL in HIV-infected patients.
- Published
- 2016
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