title: Development of a Spanish HIV/AIDS Symptom Management Guidebook.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide culturally appropriate HIV/AIDS patient care, it is important to develop symptom management patient education materials for patients with different cultural backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to develop a Spanish version of the Symptom Management Guidebook: Strategies for People Living with HIV/AIDS guidelines and verify its content, perceived feasibility, and usefulness with HIV/AIDS care providers and people living with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Symptom Management Guidebook includes self-care strategies to manage 14 common HIV-related symptoms. The Spanish version was developed by adopting and translating through forward and backward translation methods. Seven HIV/AID Shealth care providers from San Juan, Puerto Rico, were invited to review and revise the contents. Ten people living with HIV/AIDS from a community AIDS clinic in San Juan participated in a focus group to review the guidebook and discussed its usefulness and feasibility for managing their symptoms.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants expressed positive responses and considered an educational guidebook as a helpful tool for self-managing their symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results suggested that this guidebook may be useful as an intervention strategy for symptom management in HIV/AIDS patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research can include testing self-managing intervention and its outcomes in culturally diverse HIV/AIDS patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Fang-Yu
authors.initials: FY
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003469:Culture; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires