Instrument details

Instrument Title

SIRS: Single Item Rating Scale

View PDF - SIRS_Pellowski.pdf

Source Article

Pellowski, J. A., Kalichman, S. C., & Finitsis, D. J. (2015). Reliability and validity of a single-item rating scale to monitor medication adherence for people living with HIV and lower health literacy. HIV clinical trials, 16(1), 1-9.

Response Options

Indicator of level of adherence 0-100%.

Survey Items

Please indicate on the line below at the point showing your best guess about how much of your HIV medications you have taken in the past 30-days, or past month.

Internal Reliability

Reproducibility was assessed.

Validity

Known group validity was assessed. Criterion-related validity was assessed via comparison with pill counts and viral load.

Google Scholar

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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:

Pellowski, J. A., Kalichman, S. C., & Finitsis, D. J. (2015). Reliability and validity of a single-item rating scale to monitor medication adherence for people living with HIV and lower health literacy. HIV clinical trials, 16(1), 1-9.

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.