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Healthcare needs scales for patients with HIV/AIDS: construct validation.

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1994 Jan-Feb;5(1):13-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/94220659
Berk RA; Nanda JP; School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University,; Baltimore, MD.

Abstract: The authors report on the quantitative analysis phase in the development of the Healthcare Needs Scales for Patients with HIV/AIDS (Berk, Poe, & Bagis-Smith, 1992). The scales were administered to a cross-sectional sample of 386 patients from hospital, outpatient HIV clinic, homecare, and long-term care settings. The authors collected construct validity evidence based on a factor analysis and comprehensive item, subscale, and scale analyses, concurrent validity evidence of primary caretakers serving as proxies for hospital patients, and internal consistency reliability evidence. The results produced an instrument for diagnosing the psychosocial and physiological needs of the target population.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*NURSING/PHYSIOPATHOLOGY/ PSYCHOLOGY Adult Ambulatory Care Caregivers Cross-Sectional Studies Factor Analysis, Statistical Female *Health Services Needs and Demand Home Care Services Hospitalization Human Long-Term Care Male Middle Age Psychometrics Psychosocial Deprivation Questionnaires Socioeconomic Factors Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDnursing/physiopathology/psychologyadultambulatorycarecaregiverscross-sectionalstudiesfactoranalysis,statisticalfemaleKWDhealthservicesneedsanddemandhomecareserviceshospitalizationhumanlong-termcaremalemiddleagepsychometricspsychosocialdeprivationquestionnairessocioeconomicfactorssupport,uKWDsKWDgov't,pKWDhKWDsKWDjournalarticle
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