title: Validation of the medical outcomes study HIV (MOS-HIV) health survey among HIV-infected patients in Taiwan.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Work, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ping-Chuan
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.forename: Chi-Tai
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Keng-Lin
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wang-Huei
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Chia-Yun
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jung-Der
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Grace
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: 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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