TABLE 2.

Principal factor analysis with Varimax rotation for the translated and modified version of the 12‐item short version of the HIV stigma scale (n = 332)

	Factors
	1	2	3
Eigen values	8.91	4.41	1.61
Variance explained (%)	45.6	71.2	82.8
Items
C4. People do not want to use the objects you touch	0.908	0.072	0.192
C3. Most people are uncomfortable around someone with COVID‐19	0.907	0.071	0.194
P1. Some people avoid dealing with me despite my respect of social distancing and wearing mask	0.898	0.088	0.168
C1. People with COVID‐19 are treated like outcasts	0.768	0.101	0.375
C2. Most people believe a person who has COVID‐19 is dirty	0.735	0.171	0.406
C5. People made you feel that being ill was your mistake a	0.676	0.408	0.172
C8. People avoid dealing with your family members a	0.649	0.050	0.380
C6. People treat you with contempt a	0.636	0.603	0.078
C7. People told you humiliating comments a	0.592	0.592	0.067
N4. When you got sick, you felt dirty a	0.041	0.921	−0.116
N6. You feel ashamed because you got sick a	0.039	0.890	−0.044
N3. I feel I'm not as good a person as others because I have COVID‐19	0.058	0.881	−0.035
N2. People's attitudes about COVID‐19 make me feel worse about myself.	0.224	0.853	−0.048
P3. I have friends that stopped talking to me after telling them I have COVID‐19	0.531	0.625	0.157
P2. People I care about stopped calling after learning I have COVID‐19	0.581	0.615	0.196
D1. Telling someone I have COVID‐19 is risky	0.193	−0.044	0.935
D2. I work hard to keep my COVID‐19 a secret	0.201	−0.038	0.932
D3. I did not tell anyone that I have COVID‐19 except my close entourage	0.214	−0.044	0.921
N5. If anyone from your entourage gets sick, you will feel guilty a	0.290	−0.378	0.518
N1. I feel guilty because I have COVID‐19	0.259	0.142	0.464

^a Additional item.