Use of Cognitive Interviews to Adapt PROMIS Measurement Items for Spanish Speakers Living with HIV

Table 1

Characteristics of the participant population for the first round of cognitive interviews.

Characteristics	Depression domain ()	Anxiety domain ()	Fatigue domain ()	Alcohol Use domain ()	Total ()
Gender
Male	10 (77%)	6 (67%)	11 (73%)	14 (74%)	41 (73%)
Female	3 (23%)	3 (33%)	4 (27%)	5 (26%)	15 (27%)
Place of birth
US	1 (8%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (11%)	3 (5%)
Mexico	9 (69%)	7 (78%)	0 (0%)	17 (89%)	33 (59%)
Other	3 (23%)	2 (22%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	5 (9%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	15 (100%)	0 (0%)	15 (27%)
Age (yrs)
18–29	0 (0%)	1 (11%)	1 (7%)	5 (26%)	7 (13%)
30–39	1 (8%)	2 (22%)	1 (7%)	4 (21%)	8 (14%)
40–49	7 (54%)	3 (33%)	8 (53%)	10 (53%)	28 (50%)
50–59	3 (23%)	3 (33%)	2 (13%)	0 (0%)	8 (14%)
≥60	2 (15%)	0 (0%)	3 (20%)	0 (0%)	5 (9%)
Most recent CD-4 Cell count (mm^3)
0–199	4 (31%)	2 (22%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	7 (13%)
200–349	5 (38%)	2 (22%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	8 (14%)
≥350	4 (31%)	5 (56%)	15 (100%)	14 (74%)	38 (68%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	3 (16%)	3 (5%)
Time since HIV Diagnosis (yrs)
0–9	4 (31%)	2 (22%)	3 (20%)	11 (58%)	20 (36%)
10–19	7 (54%)	5 (56%)	10 (67%)	6 (32%)	28 (50%)
20–30	2 (15%)	1 (11%)	2 (13%)	1 (5%)	6 (11%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	1 (11%)	0 (0%)	1 (5%)	2 (4%)
HIV transmission risk factor
MSM^1	7 (54%)	5 (56%)	10 (67%)	8 (42%)	30 (54%)
IVDU^2	0 (0%)	1 (11%)	2 (13%)	0 (0%)	3 (5%)
Heterosexual	4 (31%)	3 (33%)	3 (20%)	2 (11%)	12 (21%)
Other	2 (16%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	2 (4%)
Unknown	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	9 (47%)	9 (16%)

MSM: defined as men who have sex with men.
²IVDU: defined as intravenous drug user.