title: Psychometric evaluation of a cross-culturally adapted felt stigma questionnaire among people living with HIV in Kenya.
abstract: Psychometric properties of an 18-item HIV felt stigma questionnaire were evaluated utilizing data collected from a diverse ethnic and socioeconomic group of 370 people living with HIV/AIDS and receiving HIV/AIDS-related health services at an HIV clinic in Kenya. Factor analyses revealed a four factor solution (public attitudes, ostracize, discrimination, personal life disrupted) based on the Scree plot with explained variance of 44% that had Eigen values greater than 1.00. The retained felt stigma items revealed a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.828, while the four factors had coefficient alphas ranging from 0.675 to 0.799. The adapted retained questionnaire was deemed a practical guide for measuring felt stigma in a Kenyan cultural context to necessitate provision of the most effective HIV-related mental health services to individuals living with HIV in Kenya.
authors: Department of Social and Public Health, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701, USA. kingori@ohio.edu
authors: Caroline
authors: C
authors: Kingori
authors: Michael
authors: M
authors: Reece
authors: Samuel
authors: S
authors: Obeng
authors: Maresa
authors: M
authors: Murray
authors: Enbal
authors: E
authors: Shacham
authors: Brian
authors: B
authors: Dodge
authors: Emannuel
authors: E
authors: Akach
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Ngatia
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Ojakaa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D057545:Social Stigma; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating; D014505:Urban Population; D055815:Young Adult