Instrument details

Instrument Title

AGAS: Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale

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Source Article

Holstad, M. M.; Foster, V.; DiIorio, C.; McCarty, F.; Teplinskiy, I. (2010). An examination of the psychometric properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in two samples of HIV-infected individuals. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 21(2): 162-172.

Response Options

6-point Likert item (none of the time, a little of the time, some of the time, a good bit of the time, most of the time, all of the time).

Survey Items

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Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α: 1. GBL sample = 0.80 (inter-item correlations ranged from 0.25 to 0.66) 2. KHARMA sample = 0.85 (inter-item correlations ranged from 0.39 to 0.51)

Validity

Content validity was assessed. Criterion validity was assessed via comparison with electronic drug monitoring (EDM), a section of the AACTG, and viral load. Factor analysis confirmed the presence of one factor: adherence.

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Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Holstad, M. M.; Foster, V.; DiIorio, C.; McCarty, F.; Teplinskiy, I. (2010). An examination of the psychometric properties of the Antiretroviral General Adherence Scale (AGAS) in two samples of HIV-infected individuals. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care, 21(2): 162-172.

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.