Run4Love, a mHealth (WeChat-based) intervention to improve mental health of people living with HIV: a randomized controlled trial protocol

Table 2 Measures and schedule of Run4Love outcome assessments

				Schedule
Domain	Measure	Items	Alpha^a	0 mo	1 mo	2 mo	3 mo	6 mo	9 mo
Demographics	Age, gender, height, weight, education, sexual orientation, marital status, employment, daily expenses affordability, HIV infection duration	10	n/a	X
Depression	Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)^b	20	0.90	X			X	X	X
	Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)^c	9	0.86	X	X	X	X	X	X
Physical activity	Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ)^d	16	0.85	X			X	X	X
Quality of Life	World Health Organization Quality of Life HIV short version (WHOQOL-HIV BREF)^e	31	0.85	X			X	X	X
Self-efficacy	General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES)^f	10	0.87	X			X	X	X
Stress	Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)^g	10	0.83	X			X	X	X
	Hair cortisol (biomarker)	n/a	n/a	X			X
HIV-related stigma	HIV Stigma Scale^h	14		X			X	X	X
	*Internalized stigma (8 items)		0.92
	*Perceived stigma (6 items)		0.90
Coping	Simplified Ways of Coping Questionnaire (SWCQ)ⁱ	20		X			X	X	X
	*Positive coping (12 items)		0.89
	*Negative coping (6 items)		0.78
Satisfaction	Intervention-specific satisfaction	20	n/a				X

^aCronbach’s coefficient alpha for internal reliability of the scale; n/a = not applicable
^bCES-D scores range 0–27; higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms
^cPHQ-9 scores range 0–60; higher scores indicate more severe depressive symptoms
^dGPAQ uses Metabolic equivalents (METs) to measure the intensity of physical activities; higher METs indicate more intensive physical activities
^eWHOQOL-HIV BREF scores range 24–120; higher scores indicate better quality of life
^fGSES scores range 0–40; higher scores indicate better self-efficacy
^gPSS scores range 0–40; higher scores indicate more stress
^hHIV Stigma Scale scores range 14–56; higher scores indicate more HIV-related stigma
ⁱSWCQ scores range 0–36 for positive coping and 0–24 for negative coping; higher scores indicate higher levels of coping

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