Psychometric evaluation of the HIV symptom distress scale

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1432-1441

  Marc, Linda G ^a   Wang, Ming Mei ^b   Testa, Marcia A ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV symptom distress; mental distress; physical distress; psychometric; SF 12

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HIV SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 12; SHORT FORM 36; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868515855     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.656567     Document Type: Article

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