Validity, reliability, and measurement invariance of an adapted short version of the HIV stigma scale among perinatally HIV infected adolescents at the Kenyan coast

Table 3 Descriptive statistics for items in the abridged version (hss-10) of the hiv stigma scale

Item	Median item score^a (iqr)	Corrected item correlation	Total score [median (iqr)]	Reliability	Validity
				Reliability	Construct
				α	CFI	RMSEA	TLI
Some people stop touching me soon they know/realise I am infected with HIV/AIDS	1 (0–2)	0.60
People I care for stopped calling me after knowing I suffer from AIDs	1 (0–2)	0.63
I have lost friends for telling/explaining that I have AIDS	1 (0–2)	0.59
Telling someone that I have AIDS is dangerous*	1 (0–2)	0.51
People who are suffering from AIDS are treated as if they are not like the other people	1 (0–2)	0.63
People believe that a person infected with HIV is dirty	1 (0–2)	0.68
Many people are worried when they are near a person infected with HIV	1 (0–2)	0.59
I feel guilty because I am infected with HIV	1 (0–2)	0.63
People’s attitudes about HIV/AIDS makes me feel very bad	1 (1–2)	0.65
I feel I am not as good as others because am infected with HIV	1 (0–2)	0.66
Overall			11 (7–16)	0.86 (95% CI; 0.84–0.89)	0.976	0.040	0.969

IQR interquartile Range
^aPossible score for each item 1–4; higher scores reflect a higher level of perceived HIV stigma

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