title: The Basic HIV Disease Knowledge Questionnaire: a Rasch-scaled instrument to measure essential HIV knowledge.
abstract: The need for improvement in HIV disease-related psychometric questionnaires is noted. In response to this need a Rasch-scaled measure to ascertain basic HIV disease knowledge was developed and calibrated on 1092 subjects. Four studies conducted with the measure suggest adequate test-retest reliability. Three validity studies also conducted with this questionnaire suggest that the measure is sensitive to knowledge obtained from HIV-related training and education. Potential uses and limitations of this new questionnaire are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA 19012.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McCown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires