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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Dec 8;41(3):549–557. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.05.013

Table 2.

Mean, Standard Deviation and Factor Loading of Each Item at Baseline

Item Meanb Standard Deviation Factor Loadingsc
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
a

Items added to the Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale based on literature and expert review.

b

Possible item range was 0–10.

c

Factor loadings in the one-factor solution; conducted using exploratory factor analysis with oblique promax rotation using baseline data.