Table 2.
PLHIV Resilience Scale item frequencies and scale scores, by country
| Item | Cameroon (n = 400) % | Senegal (n = 406) % | Uganda (n = 401) % | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | Not aff. | – | + | Not aff. | – | + | Not aff. | – | |
| Please answer whether your ability to meet your needs in the last 12 months has been positively affected, not affected, or negatively affected, by your HIV status | |||||||||
| a. My self-confidence | 14.8 | 31.6 | 53.6 | 19.7 | 61.8 | 18.5 | 27.0 | 54.0 | 19.0 |
| b. My self-respect | 15.8 | 45.0 | 39.3 | 18.5 | 71.1 | 10.4 | 25.3 | 65.8 | 9.0 |
| c. My ability to respect others | 17.1 | 64.3 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 80.1 | 4.7 | 24.9 | 72.9 | 2.3 |
| d. My ability to cope with stress | 16.5 | 35.6 | 47.9 | 18.8 | 64.1 | 17.1 | 23.9 | 55.2 | 20.9 |
| e. My ability to have close and secure relationships with others | 9.8 | 42.0 | 48.2 | 16.9 | 72.5 | 16.9 | 22.4 | 62.9 | 14.8 |
| f. My ability to find love | 8.5 | 32.1 | 59.5 | 12.9 | 65.4 | 21.6 | 18.6 | 56.9 | 24.5 |
| g. My desire to have children | 9.0 | 35.6 | 55.4 | 16.6 | 57.5 | 25.9 | 14.1 | 54.0 | 32.0 |
| h. My achievement of my personal goals | 14.9 | 38.3 | 46.9 | 15.1 | 69.1 | 15.8 | 20.9 | 50.9 | 28.2 |
| i. My achievement of my professional goals | 15.6 | 40.0 | 44.4 | 10.4 | 73.4 | 16.2 | 25.9 | 52.1 | 22.0 |
| j. My ability to contribute to my community | 19.9 | 54.7 | 25.5 | 14.9 | 76.0 | 9.1 | 24.4 | 64.4 | 11.3 |
| k. My ability to practice a religion/faith as I want to | 25.9 | 58.4 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 79.9 | 2.7 | 28.4 | 65.8 | 5.8 |
|
Mean composite scale score (SD, range) |
− 2.9 (4.4, − 11 to + 11) |
0.34 (4.4, − 11 to + 11) |
0.69 (4.8, − 11 to + 11) |
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