Measuring quality of life in rural Uganda: Reliability and validity of summary scores from the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV)

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1655-1663

  Stangl, Anne L ^a,b,c   Bunnell, Rebecca ^d   Wamai, Nafuna ^c   Masaba, Humphrey ^c   Mermin, Jonathan ^d  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Center for Research on Women   (United States)

^c UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Construct validity; HIV; Quality of life; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867958310     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-0075-5     Document Type: Article

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