[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-443130-105":59,"doc-detail-443130-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","a-short-version-of-the-post-covid-19-condition-stigma-questionnaire","A short version of the post-COVID-19 condition stigma questionnaire","","Objectives: Develop a short 12-item version of the 40-item Post-COVID-19 Condition Stigma Questionnaire (PCCSQ) while preserving factor structure, reliability, and validity. Methods: An observational study selected 12 items representing six long-COVID stigma factors and administered the shorter tool to 99 long-COVID patients. Results: The 12-item instrument retained the 6-factor structure, showed discrimination (mean 0.40), internal consistency (α=0.89), split-half reliability (0.86), and predictable correlations. Conclusions: PCCSQ-12 is feasible, reliable, and valid for assessing patients’ stigma experience.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":35,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/healthcare/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/a-short-version-of-the-post-covid-19-condition-stigma-questionnaire/443130/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/a-short-version-of-the-post-covid-19-condition-stigma-questionnaire/443130.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Finn","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-29","2026-09-29",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":34},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the main objective of the study?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"To develop a short 12-item version of the 40-item Post-COVID-19 Condition Stigma Questionnaire while preserving its factor structure, reliability, and validity.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How was the short questionnaire (PCCSQ-12) constructed?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Researchers selected 12 items from the original 40-item PCCSQ, representing the six-factor construct of long-COVID stigma and discriminating between participants with high vs. low stigma levels.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What measurement properties did the 12-item instrument show?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The PCCSQ-12 maintained a 6-factor structure, with a mean discrimination index of 0.40, internal consistency of α=0.89, split-half reliability of 0.86, and correlations consistent with theoretically related variables.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},443130,1791409983,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":34,"category_name":35,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":34,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":81,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":39,"preview_page_count":4},34359740700684,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/1f400023980c374ae676?_k=1777273430885731487","Public Health in Practice 11 (2026) 100696  \nContents lists available at ScienceDirect  \nPublic Health in Practice  \njournal [homepage:](homepage: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/public-health-in-practice)[ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/public-health-in-practice](homepage: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/public-health-in-practice)  \n| A short version of the post-COVID-19 condition stigma questionnaire Liam Rourke a,*,1, Ronald Damantb,1 \u003Cbr>a 15-757 Orwell Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7J 3K6, Canada b University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| A R T I C L E I N F O |  | A B S T R A C T |\n| Keywords:\u003Cbr>Health-related stigma Long COVID\u003Cbr>Post-COVID-19 Condition |  | Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop a short version of the 40-item Post-COVID-19 Condition Stigma Questionnaire (PCCSQ) while preserving its factor structure, reliability, and validity. The PCCSQ is a sound tool for assessing the discrimination experienced by people with a diagnosis of long covid, but a shorter version would be less demanding of respondents experiencing fatigue and brain fog and easier for clinicians and researchers to administer.\u003Cbr>Study design: This was an observational study.\u003Cbr>Methods: From the original 40-items measuring the 6-factor construct long covid stigma, we assembled 12 items that represented the factors and discriminated among participants with high and low levels of stigma. We administered the shorter questionnaire to 99 long covid patients and assessed several of its measurement properties.\u003Cbr>Results: The 12-item instrument maintains the 6-factor structure of long covid stigma, has a mean discrimination index of 0.40 (sd = 0.08; range 0.22–0.48), an internal consistency of α = 0.89, a split-half reliability of 0.86, and it correlates predictably with theoretically-related variables.\u003Cbr>Conclusions: The PCCSQ-12 is a feasible, reliable and valid means of assessing patients’ experience of long covid stigma. |\n\n1. Introduction  \nHealth-related stigma is the labeling, stereotyping, othering, and discrimination of people with diagnoses and symptoms of various health conditions. These conditions include mental health concerns [1], HIV [2], lung cancer [3], and others. Most recently, it has been experienced by people with post-COVID-19 condition or long covid [4,5]  \nAn early survey of people with long covid [5] found that nearly 80 % of respondents experienced stigma often or always. Most often they experienced anticipated stigma, operationalized with questionnaire items such as,“I worry that people will judge me negatively when they learn I have long covid.” They also experienced internalized stigma, which was operationalized with items such as “I feel that I have been tainted by long covid and have less value than others”. Respondents also reported enacted stigma, defined as direct overt experiences of discrimination.  \nAs this data was being gathered in the United Kingdom, we were engaged in a similar project in Canada [4]. We too found that participants agreed with questionnaire items that portrayed experiences of  \nstereotyping, social and physical isolation, and self-stigma. We also demonstrated relationships between participants’ scores on our post--COVID-19 Condition Stigma Questionnaire (PCCSQ) and symptoms, functional status, and health-related quality of life.  \nThe PCCSQ consists of 40-items representing 6 dimensions of long covid stigma (negative self-image, social isolation, disclosure concerns, fear of PCC, COVID-19 stereotyping, and concerns with public attitudes), This is considerably more items than other instruments use to measure health related stigmas. The HIV Stigma Questionnaire [6], for instance, which is the template for many subsequent stigma questionnaires, measures its construct reliably and validly with 12 items. Superfluous items are a particular concern with our population whose most common symptoms include difficulties concentrating, memory ","cbCaioTfHzx6tC25","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioTfHzx6tC25","pdf",320793,"English","# Introduction\n## Health-related stigma and long COVID\n## Rationale for shortening the PCCSQ\n# Methods\n## Data source and participant characteristics\n# Results and conclusions\n## Performance of the 12-item PCCSQ-12","[{\"question\":\"What is the main objective of the study?\",\"answer\":\"To develop a short 12-item version of the 40-item Post-COVID-19 Condition Stigma Questionnaire while preserving its factor structure, reliability, and validity.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the short questionnaire (PCCSQ-12) constructed?\",\"answer\":\"Researchers selected 12 items from the original 40-item PCCSQ, representing the six-factor construct of long-COVID stigma and discriminating between participants with high vs. low stigma levels.\"},{\"question\":\"What measurement properties did the 12-item instrument show?\",\"answer\":\"The PCCSQ-12 maintained a 6-factor structure, with a mean discrimination index of 0.40, internal consistency of α=0.89, split-half reliability of 0.86, and correlations consistent with theoretically related variables.\"}]","A short version of the post-COVID-19 condition stigma questionnaire | PDF",1790703006]