Developing a Short-Form HIV Disability Questionnaire (SF-HDQ)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Advancing Assessment of Episodic Disability to Enhance Healthy Ageing among Adults Living with HIV: Developing a Short-Form HIV Disability Questionnaire (SF-HDQ) for use in Clinical Practice
IRAS ID
284075
Contact name
Kelly O'Brien
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Toronto Research and Innovation
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
R21AG062380, National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 10 months, 30 days
Research summary
Background:
Individuals with HIV are living longer and ageing with the increasing complexity of physical, mental and social health-related consequences of HIV and multimorbidity, known as disability. We developed a 69-item Patient Reported Outcome (PRO), the HIV Disability Questionnaire (HDQ) to measure the presence, severity and episodic nature of disability experienced by people living with HIV: across 6 domains: physical; cognitive; mental and emotional; uncertainty; difficulties with day-to-day; and challenges to social inclusion. We demonstrated that the HDQ possesses sensibility, reliability (consistency) and validity (measures what it is supposed to measure) among adults living with HIV in Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, and the United States. However, to date the HDQ has been used primarily in the context of research, with little uptake in clinical practice due to cited concerns of time restrictions. There is a critical need for a brief, yet comprehensive assessment of disability for adults ageing with HIV that can be routinely administered across health system settings and clinical practice.Study Purpose:
To develop and pilot the implementation of a short-form HIV-specific disability questionnaire to identify disability across clinical settings, in order to promote healthy aging among adults with HIV.Study objectives:
1. Develop and assess the utility of a new short-form HIV-specific disability questionnaire across multiple clinical practice settings with older adults living with HIV.
2. To pilot the implementation of the new short-form HIV-specific disability questionnaire, and assess its measurement properties while collecting foundational data on the presence, severity and episodic nature of disability among adults aging with HIV and multimorbidity in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, and the United States.REC name
London - Fulham Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/LO/0909
Date of REC Opinion
29 Oct 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion