Atitudes de enfermeiros de hospital geral frente ao uso do álcool e alcoolismo

Abstract

This psychometric study used the Seaman Mannello's scale of "nurse's attitudes toward alcohol and alcoholism". Authors applied an instrument to a population of 196 nurses from a general hospital with the aim to measure nurses'attitudes toward alcohol and drinking. Data showed that nurses consider alcoholic drinks clearly prejudicial (54.4%), that moderately drinking is not innofensive (57.1%) and drinking is wrong (47.4%), demonstrating that it is difficult to accept drinking as a person right. 29.8% of the sample considered alcoholic drinks able to change healthy people into "disturbed and demented" ones. Authors concluded that the nurse is an essential professional in the treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics. Nurses attitudes can influence the relationship with the patient and, consequently, favor the treatment.

Development and validation of a scale of attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics

“…The others (6)(7) aimed to evaluate the attitudes of these professionals towards alcohol and the alcoholics.…”

“…A brief analysis of the results obtained with the application of Seaman Mannello in the Brazilian studies (6)(7) revealed, among other aspects, that nurses conceived alcoholism as a disease, and that alcoholics were ill people, revealing positive attitudes. However, negative attitudes were predominant in nurses regarding working with this clientele (6)(7)9) .…”

“…However, negative attitudes were predominant in nurses regarding working with this clientele (6)(7)9) . When the authors (5)(6) evaluated the use of this scale, they noted some limitations.…”

“…However, negative attitudes were predominant in nurses regarding working with this clientele (6)(7)9) . When the authors (5)(6) evaluated the use of this scale, they noted some limitations. Among them, never having been published integrally; few existing studies about its psychometric properties (5) and the inexistence of satisfactory studies on its cross-cultural adaptation for application in Brazil (10) , which makes it unsatisfactory for usage in the country -the main justification for the construction of a new attitude scale (11) .…”

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The others (6)(7) aimed to evaluate the attitudes of these professionals towards alcohol and the alcoholics.The most usual instrument in Brazil to measure the nurses' attitudes is Seaman Mannello Nurses's Attitudes Toward Alcohol and Alcoholism Scale (8) .Translated and validated in the country (5) , it is a scale consisting of 30 items, distributed in five factors, which cover, among other aspects, the perceptions of the alcoholics and their attitudes towards drinking.A brief analysis of the results obtained with the application of Seaman Mannello in the Brazilian studies (6-7) revealed, among other aspects, that nurses conceived alcoholism as a disease, and that alcoholics were ill people, revealing positive attitudes. However, negative attitudes were predominant in nurses regarding working with this clientele (6)(7)9) .

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