Table 2.
Item | Meanb | Standard Deviation | Factor Loadingsc |
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1. How confident are you that you can keep the fatigue caused by your HIV from interfering with the things you want to do? | 6.25 | 2.75 | 0.72 |
2. How confident are you that you can keep the physical discomfort or pain related to your HIV from interfering with the things you want to do? | 6.02 | 3.12 | 0.84 |
3. How confident are you that you can keep the emotional distress caused by your HIV from interfering with the things you want to do? | 5.97 | 2.81 | 0.76 |
4. How confident are you that you can keep any other symptoms or health problems from interfering with the things you want to do? | 6.05 | 2.84 | 0.76 |
5. How confident are you that you can do the different tasks and activities needed to manage your HIV so as to reduce the need to see your doctor? | 6.27 | 2.89 | 0.89 |
6. How confident are you that you can do things other than just taking medication to reduce how much the illness affects your everyday life? | 6.79 | 2.92 | 0.86 |
7. How confident are you that you can control the side effects of your medications?a | 6.25 | 3.40 | 0.67 |
8. How confident do you feel that you can judge when you need to see a doctor due to symptoms related to your HIV and its treatment?a | 7.36 | 3.11 | 0.78 |
9. How confident do you feel that you can develop a treatment plan to manage your HIV-related symptoms with your doctor?a | 7.50 | 2.94 | 0.72 |
Items added to the Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale based on literature and expert review.
Possible item range was 0–10.
Factor loadings in the one-factor solution; conducted using exploratory factor analysis with oblique promax rotation using baseline data.