title: The Facial Appearance Inventory: Development and Preliminary Evidence for Reliability and Validity in People with HIV and Lipoatrophy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Facial lipoatrophy is common in people on antiretroviral (ARV) regimens for HIV/AIDS and can impair health-related quality of life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  We developed the Facial Appearance Inventory (FAI) to measure the impact of ARV-associated facial lipoatrophy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative methods were used to identify key concerns of people with facial lipoatrophy. The major concerns were used to identify 24 items for the FAI. The FAI was administered to a cross-sectional sample of 96 people with HIV and facial lipoatrophy and compared to the established Assessment of Body Change Distress (ABCD) and MOS-HIV questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mean age was 48.8 years, 87.5% were men, 69.8% were Caucasian, and 60% had some college education. Mean CD4 count was 435 cells/mm(3). There were few missing data, and the summary score showed no floor or ceiling effects, with a mean (SD) of 25.6 (17.9). Cronbach's alpha for the scale was 0.98. FAI items satisfied criteria for convergent and discriminant construct validity. FAI items were more strongly correlated with mental health domains (R = 0.33) than with physical health domains (R = 0.26) on the MOS-HIV. Patients with greater severity of lipoatrophy had significantly worse scores than those with less severity (James 3-4, vs. James 0-2). There were no significant differences for FAI scores by age group, income group, CD4 cell count, or HIV viral load group. Those with less education and those with darker skin types reported less impairment (P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The 24-item FAI shows evidence for reliability, validity, and usefulness as a measure of the impact of facial lipoatrophy.
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Albert W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Tanyaporn
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wansom
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: I-Chan
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: CoFrancesco
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Marcus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Conant
authors.affiliation: Dr Wu is a Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Dr Wansom is Clinical Research Physician, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand. Dr Huang is an Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control Outcomes and Policy, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN. Dr CoFrancesco is a Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Dr Conant is a Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA. Dr Sarwer is the Associate Dean for Research and Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Sarwer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008060:Lipodystrophy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents