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Table 6 Internal consistency reliability of the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) (n = 99)

From: Reliability and validity of a new HIV-specific questionnaire with adults living with HIV in Canada and Ireland: the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ)

HDQ domain

Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) (95 % CI)

(n = 99)

Physical

0.83 (0.64, 0.91)

Cognitive

0.80 (0.71, 0.86)

Mental-emotional

0.88 (0.80, 0.93)

Uncertainty

0.85 (0.78, 0.90)

Difficulty with day-to-day activities

0.86 (0.80, 0.90)

Challenges to social inclusion

0.89 (0.83, 0.92)

HDQ total

0.90 (0.83, 0.94)

  1. Interpretation: ICC >0.70 considered acceptable
  2. Includes Canadian participants with no major change in health and no change in good day/bad day item (n = 99)
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