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Instrument validity: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

to validate, through the Item Response Theory, an instrument on vulnerability to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

Methods

a cross-sectional study carried out between February and May 2018 with 100 homeless people in a municipality in northeastern Brazil. A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied, and another with items referring to behaviors vulnerable to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Subsequently, it was assessed through the Item Response Theory.

Results

the items previous diagnosis of STIs (F=0.473), partner with STI symptoms (F=0.518), drug use (F=0.509), sex for money (F=0.552), STI symptoms (F=0.448), number of sexual partners (F=0.616), sharps sharing (F=0.398) and being a victim of sexual violence (F=0.347) were validated.

Conclusions

the instrument proved to be validated, being able to identify vulnerability to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

SUBMITTER: Patricio ACFA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9749765 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Instrument validity: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

Patrício Anna Cláudia Freire de Araújo ACFA Silva Richardson Augusto Rosendo da RARD Pereira Ivoneide Lucena IL Silva Luipa Michele LM Lima Maria Alzete de MA Leite Maria Amanda Pereira MAP Brasil Maria Hellena Ferreira MHF Souza Suzanna Valéria Oliveira SVO

Revista brasileira de enfermagem 20221003 6

<h4>Objectives</h4>to validate, through the Item Response Theory, an instrument on vulnerability to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.<h4>Methods</h4>a cross-sectional study carried out between February and May 2018 with 100 homeless people in a municipality in northeastern Brazil. A sociodemographic questionnaire was applied, and another with items referring to behaviors vulnerable to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Subsequently, it was assessed th ...[more]

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Instrument validity: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

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Instrument validity: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in homeless people.

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