| Dimension 1 = Affective /positive emotions |
| I am Happy | 0.740 | | | 0.802 | | |
| I have peace | 0.692 | | | 0.813 | | |
| I feel I have new strength to move on | 0.680 | | | 0.759 | | |
| My heart is cheerful | 0.649 | | | 0.763 | | |
| Dimension 2 = Cognitive positive results of HIV /ART care |
| I am satisfied with my progress since I started ARVs | | 0.749 | | | 0.889 | |
| I believe to follow the advice from my counselor, brings me good results for my health | | 0.729 | | | 0.829 | |
| All my needs for HIV care that I need for my HIV condition are all met | | 0.555 | | | 0.796 | |
| Dimension 3 = planning and future optimism |
| I can reach/meet my goals | | | 0.712 | | | 0.833 |
| I believe in my plans | | | 0.700 | | | 0.771 |
| I can live a long life and continue with my routine activities | | | 0.602 | | | 0.846 |
| Overall internal consistency of the local hope scale | 0.869 | | | 0.958 | | |
| Internal consistency Cronbach’s Alpha for subscales | 0.843 | 0.778 | 0.789 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.92 |
| Total Variance explained | 45% | 13% | 10% | 64% | 20% | 10% |
| Total variance explained | 69% | | | 93% | | |
