• Rev. Panam. Salud Publica · Jan 2009

    [Brazilian-Portuguese translation and validation of the HIV/AIDS-Targeted Quality of Life Instrument].

    • Patrícia Coelho de Soárez, Adauto Castelo, Paulo Abrão, William C Holmes, and Rozana Mesquita Ciconelli.
    • Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Centro Paulista de Economia da Saúde, Brasil. patricia.soarez@cpes.org.br
    • Rev. Panam. Salud Publica. 2009 Jan 1;25(1):69-76.

    ObjectivesTo translate the HIV/AIDS-Targeted Quality of Life Instrument (HAT-QoL) into Brazilian Portuguese, culturally adapt it, and evaluate its psychometric properties (validity and reliability) as a Brazilian version.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was carried out at the laboratory of infectious diseases at Escola Paulista de Medicina (Universidade Federal de São Paulo). Data were collected on clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of 106 HIV-infected individuals who answered the HAT-QoL and the SF-36. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to measure construct validity. Reliability was assessed using Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation coefficients.ResultsThe sample was 70.8% male. The mean age was 39.9 years, with 40.5% of the participants being homosexual or bisexual. Eleven (10.4%) patients had a CD4 cell count ConclusionThe Brazilian Portuguese version of the HAT-QoL is valid, reliable, and may contribute to evaluating the impact of HIV infection on the quality of life of patients in Brazil.

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