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Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research 2/2011

01.03.2011

Validation of the medical outcomes study HIV (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan

verfasst von: Ping-Chuan Hsiung, Chi-Tai Fang, Keng-Lin Lee, Wang-Huei Sheng, Chia-Yun Wu, Jung-Der Wang, Grace Yao

Erschienen in: Quality of Life Research | Ausgabe 2/2011

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Abstract

Objectives

To examine both the reliability and the validity of the ‘Medical Outcomes Study HIV’ (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan.

Methods

Data were collected from 619 HIV-infected outpatients, with the reliability and the validity of the MOS-HIV survey subsequently being examined by multi-trait scaling techniques, internal consistency, convergent validity, known-group validity and factorial validity.

Results

The MOS-HIV health survey was found to have excellent success rates in the item-consistency and discriminant-validity tests, as well as good convergent validity and known-group validity. An acceptable fit was found for three of the four indices in the original two-factor model (non-normed fit index = 0.92, comparative fit index = 0.94 and standardized root mean squared residual = 0.056).

Conclusions

The findings of the present study provide strong evidence in support of the reliability and validity of the MOS-HIV health survey for the assessment of quality of life among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan. We find that the original factor structure of the MOS-HIV survey remains valid for patients from Chinese cultural backgrounds. This study therefore contributes to the existing evidence within the extant literature on the cultural relevance of the MOS-HIV health survey (a measure originally developed within a Western culture) as a valid measure for cross-cultural comparative studies on health-related quality of life.
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Metadaten
Titel
Validation of the medical outcomes study HIV (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan
verfasst von
Ping-Chuan Hsiung
Chi-Tai Fang
Keng-Lin Lee
Wang-Huei Sheng
Chia-Yun Wu
Jung-Der Wang
Grace Yao
Publikationsdatum
01.03.2011
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Quality of Life Research / Ausgabe 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-010-9733-2

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