Validation of the medical outcomes study HIV (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan.
OBJECTIVE
To examine both the reliability and the validity of the 'Medical Outcomes Study HIV' (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan.


METHODS
Data were collected from 619 HIV-infected outpatients, with the reliability and the validity of the MOS-HIV survey subsequently being examined by multi-trait scaling techniques, internal consistency, convergent validity, known-group validity and factorial validity.


RESULTS
The MOS-HIV health survey was found to have excellent success rates in the item-consistency and discriminant-validity tests, as well as good convergent validity and known-group validity. An acceptable fit was found for three of the four indices in the original two-factor model (non-normed fit index = 0.92, comparative fit index = 0.94 and standardized root mean squared residual = 0.056).


CONCLUSIONS
The findings of the present study provide strong evidence in support of the reliability and validity of the MOS-HIV health survey for the assessment of quality of life among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan. We find that the original factor structure of the MOS-HIV survey remains valid for patients from Chinese cultural backgrounds. This study therefore contributes to the existing evidence within the extant literature on the cultural relevance of the MOS-HIV health survey (a measure originally developed within a Western culture) as a valid measure for cross-cultural comparative studies on health-related quality of life.
Hsiung
Ping-Chuan
PC
Department of Social Work, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Fang
Chi-Tai
CT
Lee
Keng-Lin
KL
Sheng
Wang-Huei
WH
Wu
Chia-Yun
CY
Wang
Jung-Der
JD
Yao
Grace
G
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013624:Taiwan
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