Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors
The purpose of this cross-sectional study on 191 HIV/AIDS patient was to prepare the first Persian translation of complete WHOQOL-HIV instrument, evaluate its reliability and validity, and apply it to determine quality of life and its associated factors in Tehran, Iran. Student's t-test was use...
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| author | Pedram Razavi Kaveh Hajifathalian Behtash Saeidi Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid Mehrnaz Rasoulinejad Mahboube Hajiabdolbaghi Koosha Paydary Parastoo Kheirandish Mahsa Foroughi SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi Minoo Mohraz Willi McFarland |
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| description | The purpose of this cross-sectional study on 191 HIV/AIDS patient was to prepare the first Persian translation of complete WHOQOL-HIV instrument, evaluate its reliability and validity, and apply it to determine quality of life and its associated factors in Tehran, Iran. Student's t-test was used to compare quality of life between groups. Mean Cronbach’s α of facets in all six domains of instrument were more than 0.6 indicating good reliability. Item/total corrected correlations coefficients had a lower limit of more than 0.5 in all facets except for association between energy and fatigue facet and physical domain. Compared to younger participants, patients older than 35 years had significantly lower scores in overall quality of life (P = 0.003), social relationships (P = 0.021), and spirituality/religion/personal beliefs (P = 0.024). Unemployed patients had significantly lower scores in overall quality of life (P = 0.01), level of independence (P = 0.004), and environment (P = 0.001) compared to employed participants. This study demonstrated that the standard, complete WHOQOL-HIV 120 instrument translated into Farsi and evaluated among Iranian participants provides a reliable and valid basis for future research on quality of life for HIV and other patients in Iran. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d6dcad98918843599cba97268e30a4e22025-02-03T05:52:33ZengWileyAIDS Research and Treatment2090-12402090-12592012-01-01201210.1155/2012/849406849406Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated FactorsPedram Razavi0Kaveh Hajifathalian1Behtash Saeidi2Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid3Mehrnaz Rasoulinejad4Mahboube Hajiabdolbaghi5Koosha Paydary6Parastoo Kheirandish7Mahsa Foroughi8SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi9Minoo Mohraz10Willi McFarland11Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA, USAIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranIranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS (IRCHA), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCAPS and Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USAThe purpose of this cross-sectional study on 191 HIV/AIDS patient was to prepare the first Persian translation of complete WHOQOL-HIV instrument, evaluate its reliability and validity, and apply it to determine quality of life and its associated factors in Tehran, Iran. Student's t-test was used to compare quality of life between groups. Mean Cronbach’s α of facets in all six domains of instrument were more than 0.6 indicating good reliability. Item/total corrected correlations coefficients had a lower limit of more than 0.5 in all facets except for association between energy and fatigue facet and physical domain. Compared to younger participants, patients older than 35 years had significantly lower scores in overall quality of life (P = 0.003), social relationships (P = 0.021), and spirituality/religion/personal beliefs (P = 0.024). Unemployed patients had significantly lower scores in overall quality of life (P = 0.01), level of independence (P = 0.004), and environment (P = 0.001) compared to employed participants. This study demonstrated that the standard, complete WHOQOL-HIV 120 instrument translated into Farsi and evaluated among Iranian participants provides a reliable and valid basis for future research on quality of life for HIV and other patients in Iran.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/849406 |
| spellingShingle | Pedram Razavi Kaveh Hajifathalian Behtash Saeidi Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid Mehrnaz Rasoulinejad Mahboube Hajiabdolbaghi Koosha Paydary Parastoo Kheirandish Mahsa Foroughi SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi Minoo Mohraz Willi McFarland Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors AIDS Research and Treatment |
| title | Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors |
| title_full | Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors |
| title_fullStr | Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors |
| title_short | Quality of Life among Persons with HIV/AIDS in Iran: Internal Reliability and Validity of an International Instrument and Associated Factors |
| title_sort | quality of life among persons with hiv aids in iran internal reliability and validity of an international instrument and associated factors |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/849406 |
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