This survey assesses various levels of social support. This survey asks questions related to having close friends and close relatives, participating in social activities, and visiting friends.
This survey assesses treatment history for mental health, substance use, and other conditions that impact health. The survey captures information related to seeking counseling, beginning treatment programs, and being prescribed medication.
This survey assesses violence in relationships. This survey asks questions related to talking to a friend/relatives about problems in the relationship and physical altercations that could’ve taken place among partners.
This survey measures drinking habits and perspectives on drinking from a interpersonal perspectives. This survey asks questions related to the amount of drinks individuals had and concerns from others about drinking habits.
This scale measures depression with a 15-item depressive symptomatology screening test that was developed and used previously in Thailand (Thai Department of Mental Health, 2004). These questions were asked about problems that had bothered participants in the past week (e.g., feeling depressed most of the time; feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness; loss of self-confidence).
This scale measures for people living with HIV using the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV) instrument (Ichikawa, 2004; Wu, 1997). Three subscales from the MOS-HIV (general health, mental health, and physical health) were used in this study. Revicki, D.A., Sorensen, S., Wu, A.W. (1998). Reliability and validity of physical health and mental health summary scores from the MOS HIV Health Survey. Med Care, 36, 126–137.
This scale measures HIV-related stigma, adapted from scales that were developed, based on the work of Herek and Capitanio (1993), and validated by the Thai investigators in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand (Apinundecha, et al., 2007). After conducting exploratory factor analysis, we identified two factors that were conceptually identified as Perceived Stigma and Internalized Shame.
This scale measures emotional social support constructed as a composite variable based on the two subscales (emotional/informational support & affectionate support) in the Medical Outcomes Study Social Support Scale (Sherbourne & Stewart, 1991). The social support scale included both emotional/informational support, measured by eight items, and affectionate support including three items.
This scale captured quality of life, measured using the Thai version of the short form (26 items) of the WHO Quality of Life questionnaire (Thai Department of Mental Health, 1998, WHO, 2004). Thai Department of Mental Health. (1998). WHOQOL – BREF –THAI, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand. Available at: http://www.dmh.go.th/test/whoqol/. Accessed May 12, 2008.
This scale measures family functioning using the Thai Family Functioning Scale (TFFS), adapted from the McMaster Model of Family Functioning. The TFFS has five subscales reflecting interactions over the last three months. It is scored on a 0 (never) to 3 scale (always) in dealing with conflict, family expressiveness, positive family attributes, negative family attributes, and family organization.