Sensibility Questionnaire Results for HIV healthcare practitioners
| Sensibility item - healthcare practitioners | Entire sample (n=15) Median (25th, 75th percentiles) | Toronto (n=5) Median (25th, 75th percentiles) | Denver (n=5) Median (25th, 75th percentiles) | Dublin (n=5) Median (25th, 75th percentiles) |
| Face validity | ||||
| 1. My clients would be able to answer all of the questions. | 7 (6, 7) | 7 (7, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 7 (4, 7) |
| 2. The instructions were clear and easy to understand. | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 5 (5, 7) |
| 3. The questions were clear and easy to understand. | 7 (5, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 5 (4, 7) |
| 4. The overall questionnaire makes sense. | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 5 (4, 7) |
| 5. The response categories (or options) for the questions were adequate. | 5 (5, 7) | 7 (5, 7) | 5 (5, 7) | 5 (4, 7) |
| Content validity | ||||
| 6. The questionnaire captured all elements of my clients’ disability. | 5 (5, 7) | 6 (4, 7) | 4 (3, 6) | 4 (3, 6) |
| 7. The questionnaire included important items that are necessary to describe my clients’ disability. | 5 (4, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 5 (4, 6) | 4 (4, 6) |
| 8. The questionnaire included items that were repetitive or redundant.* | 5 (4, 6) | 5 (3, 7) | 6 (4, 7) | 5 (5, 6) |
| 9. There were items missing in this questionnaire that should be included.* | 3 (3, 6) | 3 (2, 6) | 4 (2, 6) | 3 (2, 5) |
| 10. Some of the questions seemed out of order.* | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (5, 7) | 6 (4, 7) | 6 (5, 7) |
| 11. My clients would be able to find their answer in the list of possible answers to the questions. | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 5 (4, 6) |
| Format and ease of usage | ||||
| 12. My clients would feel uncomfortable answering some of the questions because they may not want to have anyone know their answers.* | 5 (3, 7) | 4 (3, 6) | 5 (4, 7) | 6 (3, 7) |
| 13. My clients would feel that the questions made me think about things that they would have preferred not to have thought about.* | 4 (3, 5) | 5 (3, 6) | 4 (2, 6) | 4 (3, 5) |
| 14. My clients would feel that answering the questions helped them in some way. | 5 (5, 6) | 6 (5, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 5 (5, 5) |
| 15. The questionnaire would take too long for my clients to complete.* | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (2, 6) | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (5, 7) |
| 16. The questionnaire required too much effort to complete.* | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (2, 6) | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (5, 7) |
| 17. The questionnaire would be easy to complete using the electronic tablet. | 6 (5, 7) | 7 (5, 7) | 7 (6, 7) | 5 (4, 6) |
| 18. My clients would like to receive a summary of their HDQ scores right after completing the questionnaire to help understand the areas (or domains) where they might experience health challenges. | 5 (4, 7) | 5 (5, 6) | 4 (3, 6) | 6 (5, 7) |
| 19. Overall, this questionnaire is useful in describing disability experienced by adults living with HIV. | 6 (5, 7) | 6 (6, 7) | 6 (5, 7) | 5 (5, 7) |
Sample size: 15 participants (n=1 participant in Dublin site did not complete the Sensibility Questionnaire). Bold indicates items that did not meet the criterion for sensibility scoring ≤3.
*Indicates questionnaire responses were reversed for median scoring purpose.
HDQ, HIV Disability Questionnaire.