A physical symptom-based measure of quality of care for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qiao, Shan; Li, Xiaoming; Zhao, Guoxiang; Zhao, Junfeng; Kamat, Deepak
• Is Part Of: Vulnerable children and youth studies. Volume 14:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 274
• Page End: 286
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Children affected by HIV/AIDS -- quality of care -- psychometric evaluation -- China; Child psychopathology -- Periodicals; Abused children -- Periodicals; Abused teenagers -- Periodicals; Mentally ill children -- Periodicals; 362.7
• DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2019.1612130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1745-0128

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Based on cross-sectional data of 1, 625 children aged 6–18 years who were affected by parental HIV/AIDS in central rural China, we evaluated a physical symptom-based measure of the quality of care (QOC_PS) for these children. The QOC_PS has acceptable reliability estimates for children of both genders, at a different ages, and by orphanhood status. Known-group validation and construct validity analysis demonstrated a good validity of QOC_PS indicator. The QOC_PS score was significantly associated with psychosocial well-being measures among children. The physical symptom-based measure provides a psychometrically appropriate indicator of quality of care for children affected by HIV/AIDS in China. It could be used as an alternative measure to assess the quality of care in resource-poor settings where other objective measurements are not available or feasible. Future research is needed to further validate the scale among children in different living environments across various cultural settings.