An Examination of the Psychometric Properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in Two Samples of HIV-Infected Individuals

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-172

  Holstad, Marcia McDonnell ^a   Foster, Victoria ^a   DiIorio, Colleen ^a   McCarty, Frances ^a   Teplinskiy, Ilya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adherence; antiretroviral medications; psychometrics; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 76749134222     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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