title: Development and pretesting of a set of symptom assessment tools in HIV: The HIV Symptom Experience Assessment Scale and the HIV Symptom Manageability Scale.
abstract: Symptom experience has been conceptualized to be multidimensional, but few instruments for use with persons with HIV or AIDS reflect this. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument to measure the multidimensional nature of symptom experience in persons living with HIV/AIDS. Two scales: the HIV Symptom Experience Assessment Scale (HIV-SEAS) and the HIV Symptom Manageability Scale (HIV-SMS) were developed and tested in 26 patients. Results indicated that the items of HIV-SEAS appropriately assess three dimensions, whereas HIV-SMS covers one dimension. Overall, the HIV-SEAS and the HIV-SMS are promising instruments. Further testing with a larger sample of participants has started.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Nursing Science, University Hospital, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland; Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christine Barbara
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Vincenzi
authors.forename: Kimberly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spirig
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*