E-Module (SSA) - Section 5.8.6

Section 1:
What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?
Section 2:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?
Section 3:
What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?
Section 4:
What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?
Section 5:
What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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Section 1: What is the role of rehabilitation in the context of HIV in SSA?

Section 2: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about HIV in SSA?

Section 3: What are the rehabilitation interventions that can help people living with HIV in SSA?

3.1 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that address impairments common among people living with HIV?

Section 4: What do rehabilitation providers need to know about caring for children and youth living with HIV in SSA?

4.4 – What are the rehabilitation interventions that can address the activity limitations and participation restrictions common among children and youth living with HIV?

Section 5: What are the concepts and tools for measuring rehabilitation outcomes in HIV in SSA?

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5.8.6 – Presence and bothersome nature of symptoms

Measure (Authors, Year)	Generic vs Specific, Purpose	Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains	Measurement Properties
HIV Symptom Index⁶⁵	HIV-specific Descriptive	Self-reported questionnaire 20 items No domains	Validity: Good construct validity among people living with HIV on combination antiretroviral therapy.⁶⁵

Measure (Authors, Year)

Generic vs Specific, Purpose

Administration, Number of Items, Number of Domains

Measurement Properties

HIV Symptom Index⁶⁵

HIV-specific

Descriptive

Self-reported questionnaire

20 items

No domains

Validity: Good construct validity among people living with HIV on combination antiretroviral therapy.⁶⁵

⁶⁵Justice AC, Holmes W, Gifford AL, Rabeneck L, Zackin R, Sinclair G, Weissman S, Neidig J, Marcus C, Chesney M, Cohn SE, Wu AW; Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Unit Outcomes Committee. Development and validation of a self-completed HIV symptom index. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001 Dec;54 Suppl 1:S77-90. PubMed PMID: 11750213. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11750213.

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5.8.6 – Presence and bothersome nature of symptoms