Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey among people living with HIVAIDS in China》.pdf

Applied Nursing Research 28 (2015) 328–333 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Nursing Research journal homepage: /locate/apnr Original Article Psychometric testing of the Chinese version of the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey among people living with HIV/AIDS in China Yu Yu, MPH a,b, 1, Joyce P. Yang, M.S. c,2, Cheng-Shi Shiu, MSW, PhD d,3, Jane M. Simoni, PhD c,4, Shuiyuan Xiao, MD a,5, Wei-ti Chen, PhD e, 6, Deepa Rao, PhD f, 7, Mingjiong Wang, M.S. g,⁎ a Department of Social Medicine and Health Management, Public Health School, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China b Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7765, USA c Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1525, USA d School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA e Yale school of nursing, Yale University, Orange, CT 06477, USA f Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA g Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changsha Medical School, Lei feng road nine kilometers, Traditional Chinese Medicine department of Changsha Medical School, Wangcheng, Changshang city, Hunan province 410219, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the Chinese (Mandarin) version of the Received 3 November 2014 Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Survey (MOS-SSS-CM) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Revised 2 March 2015 Mainlan