Reliability and validity of a single-item rating scale to monitor medication adherence for people living with HIV and lower health literacy

HIV Clinical Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Pellowski, Jennifer A ^a   Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Finitsis, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; HIV; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SINGLE ITEM RATING SCALE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIRUS LOAD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH LITERACY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84939619303     PISSN: 15284336     EISSN: 19455771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1528433614Z.0000000004     Document Type: Article

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