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Items developed for STI-related stigma scale, measured on a 10-point scale (1 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree) |
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| If you had an STI, you would feel: |
Mean (std) |
Median (IQR) |
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| 1. Dirty |
7.11 (3.42) |
8 (5, 10) |
| 2. Violated |
7.58 (3.24) |
10 (5.5, 10) |
| Someone with an STI: |
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| 3. Would know it |
5.72 (3.71) |
5.5 (1, 10) |
| 4. Could hide it |
7.13 (3.31) |
9 (5.5, 10) |
| 5. Is damaged goods |
3.25 (3.10) |
1 (1, 5.5) |
| 6. May not know |
8.04 (2.99) |
10 (6, 10) |
| If you had an STI, you would feel: |
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| 7. Guilty |
5.46 (3.88) |
5.5 (1, 10) |
| 8. Embarrassed |
6.25 (3.86) |
8 (1, 10) |
| At the clinic: |
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| 9. Everyone would know if you were being tested for an STI |
2.43 (2.82) |
1 (1, 2) |
| 10. Staff are discreet |
9.43 (1.62) |
10 (10, 10) |
| (Only) women .......... get STIs: |
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| 11. Who have slept around |
2.94 (3.09) |
1 (1, 5.5) |
| 12. Should know better than |
4.69 (3.73) |
3 (1, 9) |
| 13. Who aren't careful |
4.19 (3.58) |
3 (1, 7) |
| If someone has an STI: |
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| 14. People will think she is a bad person |
4.27 (3.28) |
3.5 (1, 6) |
| 15. People will gossip |
5.31 (3.41) |
5.5 (1, 8) |
| 16. Health workers will think poorly of her |
2.86 (2.74) |
1 (1, 5.5) |
| If you had an STI: 17. Your partner would be angry with you |
7.28 (3.47) |
10 (5, 10) |
| If someone has an STI: 18. People will think she is stupid |
3.58 (3.04) |
1.75 (1, 5.5) |
Rusch et al. BMC Women's Health 2008 8:21 doi:10.1186/1472-6874-8-21 |
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