| PrEP | pre-exposure prophylaxis |
| STI | sexually transmitted infection |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| CVI | content validity index |
| AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
| VOICE trial | Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic trial |
| FEM-PrEP trial | the Preexposure Prophylaxis Trial for HIV Prevention among African Women |
| iPrEx trial | the Preexposure Prophylaxis Initiative |
| Partner PrEP Study | Partners Preexposure Prophylaxis |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS |
| I-CVI | item-level content validity index |
| S-CVI | scale-level content validity index |
| EFA | exploratory factor analysis |
| CFA | confirmatory factor analysis |
| KMO value | Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin value |
| df | degrees of freedom |
| RMSEA | root mean square error of approximation |
| GFI | goodness-of-fit index |
| AGFI | adjusted goodness-of-fit index |
| CFI | comparative fit index |
| AVE | average variance extracted |
| CR | construct reliability |
| AUC | the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve |