Cross-cultural adaptation of the Perceived Risk of HIV Scale in Brazilian Portuguese

Table 5 Factor loadings for the Perceived Risk of HIV Scale in key populations (sample 2) and other populations and influence of group on the overall estimates of latent factor score

Items	Base model^a		DIF corrected model^b
Items	Factor loading	95%CI	Factor loading	95%CI
i01. What is your gut feeling about how likely you are to get infected with HIV?	0.773	0.76, 0.79	0.773	0.76, 0.79
i02. I worry about getting infected with HIV	0.054	0.01, 0.10	0.023	− 0.02, 0.07
i03. Picturing self getting HIV is something I find	0.649	0.63, 0.67	0.649	0.63, 0.67
i04. I am sure I will NOT get infected with HIV	0.636	0.62, 0.65	0.644	0.62, 0.66
i05. I feel vulnerable to HIV infection	0.639	0.62, 0.66	0.639	0.62, 0.66
i06. There is a chance, no matter how small, I could get HIV	0.545	0.52, 0.57	0.545	0.52, 0.57
i07. I think my chances of getting infected with HIV are:	0.871	0.86, 0.88	0.871	0.86, 0.88
i08. Getting HIV is something I have	0.392	0.35, 0.42	0.383	0.35, 0.41
Structural effect
Group on latent factor^c	1.119	0.91, 1.33	1.143	0.93, 1.36
Direct effect on item attributable to group^c
i02			1.675	1.50, 1.86
i04			− 0.552	− 0.73, − 0.38
i08			0.550	0.38, 0.72

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