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- Title
Psychometrics and Validity of the Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life in HIV Disease.
- Authors
Sullivan, Kelli L; Kulesz, Paulina A; Woods, Steven Paul
- Abstract
Objective Retrospective and prospective memory deficits are associated with lower quality of life (QoL); however, there are no validated measures that comprehensively and directly assess the impact of memory problems on QoL. The Survey of Memory-Related Quality of Life (SMRQoL) was developed as a 30-item questionnaire to measure memory-related QoL. Method Both HIV+ (n = 195) and HIV− (n = 146) participants completed the SMRQoL, a neurocognitive research battery, and validated self-report questionnaires of memory, QoL, and mood. Participants were recruited into younger (age ≤ 40 years) and older (age ≥ 50 years) groups per the parent study design. Results The SMRQoL had a unidimensional factor structure and demonstrated measurement invariance across the HIV+ and HIV− participants. Analyses of 111 clinically stable participants (e.g. persons with no incident or remitting central nervous system disorders) who returned for a 14-month follow-up visit indicated that the SMRQoL had adequate test–retest stability. There was a significant interaction of age and HIV status on the SMRQoL, such that older HIV+ participants reported the lowest memory-related QoL. SMRQoL scores were associated with validated measures of mental and physical QoL, self-reported memory and cognitive symptoms, and performance-based memory and executive functions. Conclusions The SMRQoL shows evidence of reliability and validity as a measure of memory-related QoL that can be used to assess the impact of memory problems on everyday life, but future work is needed to demonstrate the measure's incremental value in the context of diagnosis and treatment.
- Subjects
PROSPECTIVE memory; PSYCHOMETRICS; EXECUTIVE function; QUALITY of life; CENTRAL nervous system; HIV
- Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 2, p186
- ISSN
0887-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/arclin/acz055