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Table 2 Study Measures

From: A combination intervention addressing sexual risk-taking behaviors among vulnerable women in Uganda: study protocol for a cluster randomized clinical trial

Assessment Variables

Measurement

Reliability

Time point

Moderators

 Age, income, education, marital status, history of sex work

Sociodemographic Questionnaire

 

B,6,12,18,24

 Alcohol use, substance use, criminal justice history

Modified NIDA Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) [90]

Alcoholic Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) [91, 92]

.66–.83

B,6,12,18,24

 Mental health status

PTSD Checklist [93]

Brief Symptoms Inventory (BSI) [94]

.97

B,6,12,18,24

 Partner violence history (paying and intimate)

Revised Conflict Tactics scale [95]

.80

B,6,12,18,24

 # and type of sexual partners (past year)

Modified NIDA Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) [90]

.66–.83

B,6,12,18,24

 Perceived stigma

Sex Worker Stigma Index [96]

HIV Stigma Scale [97]

.87–.88

.50–70

B,6,12,18,24

 Social desirability

Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Short form C) [98, 99]

.51

B,6,12,18,24

Mediators

 HIV/STI knowledge

Brief HIV Knowledge Questionnaire [100] Questions used in NOVA and Suubi studies [33, 34, 101,102,103]

.80

B,6,12,18,24

 Condom Use Self-efficacy

Condom Use Self-Efficacy Scale [57]

.94

B,6,12,18,24

 Condom Negotiation Self-efficacy

Questions adapted from Couples Communication Scale [104]

.80

B,6,12,18,24

 Sex life/behavior

Questions adapted from Levy et al. [105], Paikoff et al. [106], and Rotheram-Borus et al. [107]

Scale adapted from the CDC Violence Against Children Survey [108]

Questions adapted from NOVA [33, 34]

.80

B,6,12,18,24

 Social support

Multi-Dimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support [109]

Family relations/cohesion scale [47, 62, 80]

Questions adapted from Suubi and Bridges studies [68, 75, 76, 80, 87]

.84

B,6,12,18,24

 Gender-based violence

Domestic violence attitudes questions adapted from NOVA and COMPASS studies [33, 34, 110]

Intimate partner violence items adapted from Revised Conflict Tactics scale [95], Economic abuse items adapted from Scale of Economic Abuse [111]

.80

.79–.95

.93

B,6,12,18,24

 Attitudes towards gender roles; decision-making; communication

Gender Relations Scale [112]

 

B,6,12,18,24

 Access to medical care

Survey questions adapted from Kalichman et al. [113] and Cunningham et al. [114]

0.74

B,6,12,18,24

 Financial self-efficacy

Adapted from Financial self-efficacy subscale of the Domestic Violence-Related Financial Issues scale [115]

.75–.86

B,6,12,18,24

 Savings Deposits

Bank Statements

 

B,6,12,18,24

 Behavioral economics measures

Questions adapted from Behavioral Biases [116, 117] and Delay Discounting Task measures [118–120]

  

 Vocational, educational, or business development sessions attended

Session attendance

 

6,12,18,24

Outcomes

 STI (gonorrhea, Trichomonas, chlamydia) HIV status

Biological Assay

 

B,12,24

 STI testing and treatment

Chart Review

 

24

Sexual Risk: #, % of unprotected sexual acts by partner type; #, % protective practices; e.g. PrEP uptake, ART adherence, condom use

Modified NIDA Risk Behavior Assessment (RBA) [90]

Questions adapted from Knowledge, attitude and use intention of HIV prevention methods survey [121]

Questions adopted from NOVA, Undarga, and Suubi [33, 34, 48, 75, 76]

.66–.83

B,6,12,18,24

 Cost of staff time, supplies, overhead for HIVRR and for SMF

Project records; Admin. review

 

Ongoing

 Viral load, CD4 count (HIV positive women only) [122]

  

B,12, 24