Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Table 2 Scale properties and internal consistency of the K-MOS-HIV and correlations between K-MOS-HIV and K-WHOQOL-HIV BREF^†

From: Psychometric properties of the Korean version of the medical outcomes study HIV health survey: results from a multicenter survey in Korea

	K-MOS-HIV
K-WHOQOL-HIV BREF	GHP	P	PF	RF	SF	EF	MH	HD	CF	QL	HT	PHS	MHS
Overall QOL	.63^**	.34^**	.32^**	.46^**	.36^**	.62^**	.65^**	.58^**	.41^**	.73^**	.38^**	.48^**	.72^**
General health	.75^**	.46^**	.37^**	.53^**	.44^**	.65^**	.61^**	.68^**	.45^**	.62^**	.32^**	.59^**	.73^**
Physical QOL	.73^**	.58^**	.49^**	.54^**	.51^**	.74^**	.72^**	.75^**	.54^**	.65^**	.31^**	.67^**	.81^**
Psychological QOL	.66^**	.44^**	.35^**	.47^**	.39^**	.72^**	.71^**	.59^**	.51^**	.69^**	.35^**	.53^**	.76^**
Level of independence	.68^**	.46^**	.57^**	.65^**	.47^**	.68^**	.62^**	.58^**	.48^**	.55^**	.41^**	.71^**	.68^**
Social relationships	.53^**	.41^**	.40^**	.44^**	.44^**	.59^**	.59^**	.50^**	.41^**	.55^**	.24^**	.53^**	.63^**
Environment	.50^**	.44^**	.40^**	.41^**	.36^**	.59^**	.55^**	.48^**	.36^**	.55^**	.23^**	.51^**	.59^**
Spirituality	.53^**	.32^**	.22^**	.37^**	.36^**	.63^**	.63^**	.64^**	.52^**	.57^**	.27^**	.39^**	.71^**
												Range
M	53.42	83.80	76.75	75.63	85.87	60.39	65.16	70.75	79.40	56.72	55.10	24.08 - 64.77	14.13 - 65.88
SD	24.11	20.79	25.11	40.87	22.44	20.50	21.19	27.79	20.67	22.04	19.74	24.08 - 64.77	14.13 - 65.88
Cronbach’s α	0.88	0.82	0.86	0.90	–	0.78	0.78	0.95	0.89	–	–	0.90	0.94
No. of Items	5	2	6	2	1	4	5	4	4	1	1
% Floor	3.0	2.5	0.5	20.9	1.5	1.0	0.5	1.5	0.5	5.0	3.0
% Ceiling	2.5	48.8	33.8	71.1	63.2	3.0	3.5	24.4	25.4	5.5	8.5

GHP General Health Perception, P Pain, PF Physical Functioning, RF Role Functioning, SF Social Functioning, MH Mental Health, EF Energy/Fatigue, HD Health Distress, CF Cognitive Functioning, QL Quality of Life, HT Health Transition, PHS Physical Health Summary Score, MHS Mental Health Summary Score; **p < .01
† Sample size varies from 193 to 201 due to missing data

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