Exact(3)
We scanned articles and references of relevant articles for existing questionnaires on the outcome domains listed in Table 1.
Secondly, a search in scientific databases and on the Internet on existing questionnaires on the topics included in the frameworks was performed.
The questionnaire was developed by selecting relevant questions from existing questionnaires on HIV and AIDS - including the UNAIDS General Population Survey (2000) and the tool developed by WHO and UNESCO (1994) - and then revising them to fit the school setting and the situation of HIV-affected children.
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We drew on the World Report on Knowledge for Better Health and four existing questionnaires to identify conceptual domains to be covered by the questionnaire [ 17, 18, 22- 24].
Second, we relied on existing questionnaires, especially on the "Strategy Inventory for Language Learning" [SILL] (Oxford, 1990), and the "Metacognitive Awareness Listening Questionnaire" [MALQ] (Vandergrift et al., 2006).
The majority of existing questionnaires are based on the current sophisticated skill set and practice of developed countries, therefore may not be suitable in middle income countries due to limited capacity of experts and heterogeneity of submissions.
Other existing questionnaires have focused on assessment of patients' experience of hospital discharge, in recognition that the risk of poor care coordination is particularly high at times of transition in care [ 11, 26].
Of the 152 questions/items that we retained, 39 were drawn verbatim (or with only changes to the tense and/or the focus of on a single health topic) from existing questionnaires, 73 were based on questions/items found in these questionnaires, and 40 were created specifically for this questionnaire.
The construction was based on existing questionnaires previously used in scientific research, 20 as well as on practice-based information from professionals.
The survey was developed building on existing questionnaires used previously to evaluate the implementation of complex interventions and on previous experience of the authors.
The development of an instrument for assessing patients was based on a comprehensive literature review of publications on existing questionnaires.
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