Table 1.

Concepts in the HIV stigma framework and corresponding measures used in the present study

Concept in the HIV stigma framework	Measure used in the present study (n items)	Brief description of measure used in the present study	Sample item	Cronbach’s alpha
Enacted stigma	Personalized stigmaa (16)	Perceived consequences of other people knowing about one’s HIV [25]	People have physically backed away from me when they learn I have HIV	0.957
Anticipated stigma	Disclosure concernsa (8)	Concerns about disclosing one’s HIV status to others [25]	I worry that people may judge me when they learn I have HIV	0.876
	Concerns with public attitudesa (7)	Concerns about other people’s opinion about HIV [25]	Since learning I have HIV, I worry about people discriminating against me	0.875
Internalized stigma	Negative self-imagea (8)	Feeling of being unclean, not as good as others because of HIV [25]	Having HIV in my body is disgusting to me	0.884
Physical health and wellbeing	Physical functioningb (7)	To what extent one’s health interferes with ability to perform physical activities [26]	Is your health today good enough that you can do the following activities? Strenuous activities, e.g., heavy manual work, strenuous sports	0.904
Behavioral health and wellbeing	Antiretroviral adherence	Non-adherence as defined by one VL > 150 copies/ml or two or more consecutive VL > 50 copies/ml within the last 2 years of the condition with treatment ongoing at least 6 months prior to the evaluation period
Affective health and wellbeing	Emotional wellbeing: negative effectb (6)	Negative feelings during the last week [26]	I have felt sad	0.896
	Emotional wellbeing: positive effectb (6)	Positive feelings during the last week [26]	I have felt liked	0.844

^aSubscales of the HIV stigma scale [25]

^bSubscales of the SwedQual [26]