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4/2021
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Original paper

Validity and reliability of Persian version of quality of life questionnaire in people living with HIV/AIDS (WHOQOL-HIV-BREF)

Azizallah Dehghan
1, 2
,
Zeinab Heidari
3
,
Jalal Karimi
3
,
Aboubakr Jafarnezhad
4, 5
,
Sanaz Atef
1
,
Hamid Sharifi
2
,
Mojtaba Farjam
1

1.
Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical sciences, Fasa, Iran
2.
HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical, Kerman, Iran
3.
Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
4.
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
5.
Neurology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
HIV AIDS Rev 2021; 20, 4: 270-274
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/hivar.2021.111877
Online publish date: 2021/12/26
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Introduction
The aim of this study was to assess validity and reliability of Persian version of quality of life (QOL) questionnaire in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (WHOQOL-HIV-BREF).

Material and methods
A total of 150 HIV/AIDS patients who were referred to Fasa and Larestan Behavioral Disease Counseling Centers were recruited into the study. WHOQOL-HIV-BREF questionnaire was completed by trained interviewers. Reliability of questionnaire was measured using Cronbach’s a coefficient. Construct validity was assessed by item-scale correlation method, and criterion validity was determined with discriminant validity and convergent validity.

Results
Cronbach’s α was computed above 0.8 for all dimensions of the questionnaire. Item-convergent validity ranged from 0.38 to 0.83. QOL score was higher in AIDS patients compared with HIV-infected individuals in all dimensions (p < 0.01).

Conclusions
The findings of this study show that WHOQOL-HIV-BREF questionnaire provide acceptable validity and reliability for measuring QOL among Persian-speaking HIV/AIDS-infected patients in Iran.

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HIV, AIDS, validity, reliability, Persiane
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