Development of shortened HIV-related stigma scales for young people living with HIV and young people affected by HIV in India

Table 4 Comparison between the HSS, PHSS and modified-PHSS for YPLHIV and YPAHIV in Pune, India

	HSS					PHSS & modified-PHSS	PHSS			Modified-PHSS
		YPLHIV		YPAHIV		PHSS & modified-PHSS	YPLHIV			YPAHIV
	Theoretical score range	Median score (IQR)	α	Median score (IQR)	α	Theoretical score range	Median score (IQR)	α	ρ	Median score (IQR)	α	ρ
Overall	40–160	87.5 (69–106)	0.94	71 (59–88)	0.94	12–48	28 (13–33)	0.82	0.89	23 (17–27)	0.81	0.89
Personalized stigma	18–72	36 (24–45)	0.94	25 (21–35)	0.93	3–12	5 (3–7)	0.79	0.89	3 (3–5)	0.71	0.72
Disclosure	10–40	27 (24–33)	0.74	25 (19–30)	0.80	3–12	9 (7–11)	0.70	0.76	8 (6–10)	0.73	0.84
Negative self-image	13–52	27 (21–32)	0.85	20 (17–25)	0.80	3–12	6 (4–9)	0.73	0.79	4 (3–6)	0.54	0.83
Public attitudes concerns	20–80	43 (33–53)	0.92	34 (27–44)	0.91	3–12	7 (5–9)	0.68	0.70	6 (4–9)	0.77	0.72

HSS 40-item HIV-stigma scale, PHSS Pune HIV Stigma Scale, YPLHIV young people living with HIV, YPAHIV young people affected by HIV, α Cronbach’s alpha, ρ Spearman’s corrected correlation coefficients between the HSS and 12-item scales

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