AGAS: Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale
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Holstad, M. M.; Foster, V.; DiIorio, C.; McCarty, F.; Teplinskiy, I. (2010). An examination of the psychometric properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in two samples of HIV-infected individuals. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 21(2): 162-172.
6-point Likert item (none of the time, a little of the time, some of the time, a good bit of the time, most of the time, all of the time).
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Cronbach’s α: 1. GBL sample = 0.80 (inter-item correlations ranged from 0.25 to 0.66) 2. KHARMA sample = 0.85 (inter-item correlations ranged from 0.39 to 0.51)
Content validity was assessed. Criterion validity was assessed via comparison with electronic drug monitoring (EDM), a section of the AACTG, and viral load. Factor analysis confirmed the presence of one factor: adherence.
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Holstad, M. M.; Foster, V.; DiIorio, C.; McCarty, F.; Teplinskiy, I. (2010). An examination of the psychometric properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in two samples of HIV-infected individuals. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 21(2): 162-172.
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