Psychometric assessment of HIV stigma in patients attending a tertiary facility: An initial validation of the Berger HIV stigma scale in a Ghanaian perspective

Keyphrases

• Tertiary Care Hospital 100%
• People Living with HIV (PLHIV) 100%
• Psychometric Evaluation 100%
• Ghanaians 100%
• HIV Stigma Scale 100%
• HIV Stigma 100%
• Disclosure Concerns 66%
• Cronbach 50%
• Exploratory Factor Analysis 33%
• Construct Validity 33%
• Ghana 33%
• Public Attitudes 33%
• Negative Self-image 33%
• HIV-related Discrimination 33%
• Personalized Stigma 33%
• Four Factors 16%
• Internal Consistency 16%
• Viral Suppression 16%
• Specific Interventions 16%
• Factor Loadings 16%
• Antiviral Drugs 16%
• Sub-Saharan Africa 16%
• Specific Strategies 16%
• Measuring Instrument 16%
• Scale Reliability 16%
• Washington DC 16%
• Construct Reliability 16%
• Self-concern 16%
• Socioeconomic Variation 16%

Psychology

• Disclosure 100%
• Psychometric Assessment 100%
• Exploratory Factor Analysis 50%
• Construct Validity 50%
• Four-Factor Solution 25%