Validation of the French Version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life HIV Instrument

Gregory Reychler, Gilles Caty, Anne Vincent, Simon Billo and Jean-Cyr Yombi

PLOS ONE, 2013, vol. 8, issue 9, 1-8

Abstract: Purpose: Quality of life is a key element in the follow-up of people living with HIV/AIDS. The main purpose of this study was to validate the French version of the WHOQOL-HIV instrument by comparing this instrument to a generic questionnaire. The second objective was to test the reproducibility of this questionnaire. Method: The WHOQOL-HIV and SF-36 questionnaires were filled out by 50 patients on two separate occasions with a time interval of 2 weeks. The internal consistency, validity and reliability of the WHOQOL-HIV were evaluated. Results: The internal consistency was acceptable for the different domains, with Cronbach’s alpha ranging from 0.937 to 0.944. The facet-domain correlations were all statistically significant (p

Date: 2013
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