Instrument Title
Living with HIV/AIDS Scale
View PDF - Living with HIV AIDS_ Holzemer.pdf
Source Article
Holzemer, W. L., Spicer, J. G., Wilson, H. S., Kemppainen, J. K., & Coleman, C. (1998). Validation of the quality of life scale: Living with HIV. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(3), 622-630.
Response Options
No experience/ Not appropriate, Never/ Not True, Sometimes True, Usually True, Always True
Survey Items
- It’s important to be in charge of this disease
- I have a meaningful life
- I am comfortable and well cared for
- It’s hard to give up doing things I like
- I want to stay home to receive treatments
- My family is embarrassed to see me
- I have no energy to fight back
- I have not had a good experience with a church
- I draw strength from my family
- My financial situation is distressing
- I live my life day to day
- I want to be independent and take care of myself
- I am afraid to die
- I have a lot of regrets about my life
- My medicines are taking over my life
- My pain is hard to manage
- I feel somewhat disconnected and alone
- I am not enjoying life at all
- I feel more spiritual as I near the end
- I use my time wisely
- It frightens me that I have so little control over my illness
- I need some help to let go
- My family does what needs to be done
- I am afraid of pain and suffering
- I have so many things in my life yet undone
- Loss of my independence is very painful to me
- I take time for the important things in life
- I may choose to self-deliver (suicide) near the end
- I need to make the extra effort to do special things
- I don’t have to keep fighting any more
- I am embarrassed by the way I look
- I want to die at home
- Losing my looks is devastating to me
- I don’t want technology to keep me alive when I am ready to die
- Being back in my home town would mean a lot to me
- I feel no sense of purpose in this life
- It is very important to be surrounded by people I love
- I don’t know about tomorrow so I live for today
Internal Reliability
Cronbach's alpha = 0.84
Validity
Content, construct, discriminant validity
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Terms Of Use
Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:
Holzemer, W. L., Spicer, J. G., Wilson, H. S., Kemppainen, J. K., & Coleman, C. (1998). Validation of the quality of life scale: Living with HIV. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(3), 622-630.
When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.