Validation of the combined Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale among people with HIV in Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Our study aims to examine the factor structure, validity, and reliability of the combined scale Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale (PHQ-ADS) among people with HIV (PWH) in Vietnam.

Methods

Baseline data from an alcohol-reduction intervention trial among ART clients in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam were used for this analysis (n = 1547). A score ≥10 on the PHQ-9, GAD-7 and PHQ-ADS scale was considered having clinically meaningful depression, anxiety and distress symptoms. Factor structure of the combined PHQ-ADS scale was validated using confirmatory factor analysis, and three models were tested: a one-factor, a two-factor, and a bi-factor model. Reliability and construct validity were examined.

Results

The prevalence of clinically meani

SUBMITTER: Nguyen MX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12221556 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature