Michael P. Carey|Kerstin E. E. Schröder
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire
research evaluated psychometric properties brief selfreport measure hivrelated knowledge 18item hiv knowledge questionnaire hivkq18 lowincome men women n 1019 responded 27 items represented domain interest item analyses indicated 18 items itemtotal correlations ranging 24 57 retained additional analyses demonstrated hivkq18s internal consistency across samples alphas 7589 testretest stability across several intervals rs 76 94 strong associations much longer previously validated measure rs 9397 data three clinical trials indicated hivkq18 detected knowledge gains treated participants compared untreated controls conclude hivkq18 internally consistent stable sensitive change resulting intervention suitable use lowliteracy populations