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. 2018 Jun 26;18:793. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5693-1

Table 2.

Measures and schedule of Run4Love outcome assessments

Schedule
Domain Measure Items Alphaa 0 mo 1 mo 2 mo 3 mo 6 mo 9 mo
Demographics Age, gender, height, weight, education, sexual orientation, marital status, employment, daily expenses affordability, HIV infection duration 10 n/a X
Depression Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)b 20 0.90 X X X X
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)c 9 0.86 X X X X X X
Physical activity Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ)d 16 0.85 X X X X
Quality of Life World Health Organization Quality of Life HIV short version (WHOQOL-HIV BREF)e 31 0.85 X X X X
Self-efficacy General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES)f 10 0.87 X X X X
Stress Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)g 10 0.83 X X X X
Hair cortisol (biomarker) n/a n/a X X
HIV-related stigma HIV Stigma Scaleh 14 X X X X
*Internalized stigma (8 items) 0.92
*Perceived stigma (6 items) 0.90
Coping Simplified Ways of Coping Questionnaire (SWCQ)i 20 X X X X
*Positive coping (12 items) 0.89
*Negative coping (6 items) 0.78
Satisfaction Intervention-specific satisfaction 20 n/a X

aCronbach’s coefficient alpha for internal reliability of the scale; n/a = not applicable

bCES-D scores range 0–27; higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms

cPHQ-9 scores range 0–60; higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms

dGPAQ uses Metabolic equivalents (METs) to measure the intensity of physical activities; higher METs indicate more intensive physical activities

eWHOQOL-HIV BREF scores range 24–120; higher scores indicate better quality of life

fGSES scores range 0–40; higher scores indicate better self-efficacy

gPSS scores range 0–40; higher scores indicate more stress

hHIV Stigma Scale scores range 14–56; higher scores indicate more HIV-related stigma

iSWCQ scores range 0–36 for positive coping and 0–24 for negative coping; higher scores indicate higher levels of coping