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9403950

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-24
pubmed:abstractText
In a sample of 552 respondents effects of different scale ranges and respondents' knowledge about AIDS for answering questions about AIDS-risks were examined. Knowledge was assessed with 12 items related to risks for HIV infections and preventive measures. AIDS hazards for different groups (prostitutes, fixers, hospital personnel, homosexuals, and haemophiliacs) had to be rated with five items, one for each group. Response variations were assessed in three parallel questionnaire versions with different ranges of risk assignments. Estimations had to be performed in comparison with the average population. Some groups were consistently rated to be at high risk, others were assigned low risks for becoming infected with the HIV-virus. The analysis of response patterns revealed that the three versions of numeric quantifiers determined the risk ratings only to some extent. The distribution patterns suggest that our subjects had an ordinal risk ordering in mind that might better be expressed in verbal terms. The knowledge about AIDS had no systematic effects on response behavior.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0303-8408
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
298-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
[Assessment of AIDS risks: effects of different scale ranges and preventive knowledge].
pubmed:affiliation
Insitut für Medizinische Soziologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract