{"product_id":"assessment-of-quality-of-life-and-associated-factors-in-plwha-9786630098273","title":"Assessment of quality of life and associated factors in PLWHA","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nadia Ben Lasfar | Marwen Arbi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Our Knowledge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Our Knowledge Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47890378293399,"sku":"9786630098273","price":7342.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9786630098273.webp?v=1781179769","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/assessment-of-quality-of-life-and-associated-factors-in-plwha-9786630098273","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}