在结核病患者中适应和验证感知到的艾滋病毒和结核病污名度量表
M N Ponticiello1, L M Nanziri2, R Hennein1
1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, USA;, Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, USA;, Uganda Tuberculosis Implementation Research Consortium, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
概括
适应尺度有效地衡量了乌干达的艾滋病毒和结核病污名. 这些工具与结核病患者 (PWTB) 进行了验证,显示出良好的内部有效性和与社会支持的融合有效性.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 心理测量 心理测量 心理测量
- 污名的测量 污名测量
背景情况:
- 在乌干达,耻辱仍然是照顾结核病 (TB) 和艾滋病毒感染者的重要障碍.
- 乌干达现有的污名度量表主要关注结核病影响的家庭,而不是个人经历.
- 需要有效的仪器来衡量结核病患者 (PWTB) 经历的耻辱感.
研究的目的:
- 适应和验证现有的耻辱表尺度,以衡量乌干达PWTB中结核病和艾滋病毒耻辱的个体观点.
- 评估适应尺度的心理特征,包括内部有效性和收有效性.
主要方法:
- 范瑞12项个人观点结核病尺度和10项个人观点艾滋病毒尺度的跨文化适应.
- 与社区卫生工作者和PWTB进行认知面试,以改进尺度.
- 涉及125个PWTB的横截面研究,采用探索性因子分析和有效性评估.
主要成果:
- 探索性因子分析支持适应性结核病和艾滋病毒污名度量表的单因子解决方案.
- 调整后的尺度表现出良好的内部有效性,克伦巴赫的α系数为结核病的0.86,HIV的0.87.
- 收的有效性是由两种耻辱度表和感知到的社会支持之间的正相关性证明 (r = 0.22,p = 0.01两者).
结论:
- 针对结核病和艾滋病污名的适应个体视角尺度显示出有希望的心理测量特性,可用于乌干达的PWTB.
- 经过调整的尺度表,少量减少了项目,适合测量这一群体的感知耻辱感.
- 这些经过验证的工具可以帮助理解和解决乌干达治疗结核病和艾滋病毒的耻辱障碍.
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