title: Construct validities of the Quality of Well-Being Scale and the MOS-HIV-34 Health Survey for HIV-infected patients.
abstract: This research assessed the construct validities of two health-related quality-of-life instruments: the Quality of Well-Being Scale (QWB) and the Medical Outcomes Study 34-item HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV-34). A sample of 100 adult male, HIV-infected patients, across six HIV disease classifications, was used as subjects. Four convergent validity measures of health-related quality of life were used: CD4 cell counts, beta-2 microglobulin levels, disease classification, and age. All convergent validity measures were significant for the QWB. Forty percent of the convergent validity comparisons with the MOS-HIV-34 were statistically significant. Because the two measures provide different perspectives on health-related quality of life, both instruments appear to be useful in measuring health-related quality of life in this patient population.
authors.affiliation: PCS Health Systems, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ 85260-6719, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Coons
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Draugalis
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Patterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results