Cross-cultural adaptation of the Perceived Risk of HIV Scale in Brazilian Portuguese
| Autor: | Brett D. Thombs, Thiago S. Torres, Daniel R. B. Bezerra, Luana M. S. Marins, Paula M. Luz, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Celline C. Almeida-Brasil, Valdilea G. Veloso, Daphna Harel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Cross-Cultural Comparison Male Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Concurrent validity HIV Infections 030312 virology HIV risk-behavior lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics Risk Assessment Transgender Persons GBM Men who have sex with men 03 medical and health sciences Sexual and Gender Minorities Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Transgender Ethnicity Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Homosexuality Male media_common 0303 health sciences Risk of infection Research Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Middle Aged Differential item functioning Confirmatory factor analysis Risk perception Psychometric properties Cross-Sectional Studies Perceived risk of HIV Scale HIV perceived risk lcsh:R858-859.7 Female Worry Psychology Factor Analysis Statistical Brazil Demography |
| Zdroj: | Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021) Health and Quality of Life Outcomes |
| ISSN: | 1477-7525 |
| Popis: | Background Valid and reliable instruments are needed to measure the multiple dimensions of perceived risk. The Perceived Risk of HIV Scale is an 8-item measure that assesses how people think and feel about their risk of infection. We set out to perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the scale to Brazilian Portuguese among key populations (gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and transgender/non-binary) and other populations (cisgender heterosexual men and cisgender women). Methods Methodological study with cross-sectional design conducted online during October/2019 (key populations [sample 1] and other populations) and February–March/2020 (key populations not on pre-exposure prophylaxis [sample 2]). Cross-cultural adaptation of the Perceived Risk of HIV Scale followed Beaton et al. 2000 guidelines and included confirmatory factor analysis, differential item functioning (DIF) using the Multiple-Indicator Multiple-Cause model, and concurrent validity to verify if younger individuals, those ever testing for HIV, and engaging in high-risk behaviors had higher scores on the scale. Results 4342 participants from key populations (sample 1 = 235; sample 2 = 4107) and 155 participants from other populations completed the measure. We confirmed the single-factor structure of the original measure (fit indices for sample 1 plus other populations: CFI = 0.98, TLI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.07; sample 2 plus other populations: CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.95, RMSEA = 0.09). For the comparisons between key populations and other populations, three items (item 2: “I worry about getting infected with HIV”, item 4: “I am sure I will not get infected with HIV”, and item 8: “Getting HIV is something I have”) exhibited statistically significant DIF. Items 2 and 8 were endorsed at higher levels by key populations and item 4 by other populations. However, the effect of DIF on overall scores was negligible (0.10 and 0.02 standard deviations for the models with other populations plus sample 1 and 2, respectively). Those ever testing for HIV scored higher than those who never tested (p Conclusion The Perceived Risk of HIV Scale can be used among key populations and other populations from Brazil. |
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