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Assessment of quality of life and associated factors in PLWHA

Assessment of quality of life and associated factors in PLWHA

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Medical Reference

ISBN10: 6630098277
ISBN13: 9786630098273
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: May 25 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
People living with HIV have an impaired quality of life compared with the general population. We propose to evaluate the psychometric properties of the literary Arabic version of the WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire, an international tool for measuring QOL specific to people living with HIV, and to verify its reliability and validity in an Arabic-speaking cultural context. A cross-sectional study was carried out on 134 PLHIV undergoing specialist consultation. The WHOQOL-HIV BREF questionnaire was translated and adapted using a standardized back-translation procedure. Concurrent validity was examined through correlations between the six domains of the questionnaire and two global measures: general perception of quality of life and satisfaction with health. The literary Arabic version of the WHOQOL-HIV BREF showed excellent overall internal consistency (α = 0.92). Regarding concurrent validity, all domains were significantly correlated (p

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