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

Abstract

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) . 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) .The classical theories about attitudes (12) define this construct as predispositions. In order to respond to a given set of stimuli with a given set of answers, an attitude can thus be defined as an acquired and lasting predisposition to always act the same way towards a given class of objects, or a persistent mental/neural state of readiness to respond to a given class of objects, not as they are, but as they are conceived (12) .Observing the lack of instruments to evaluate

Atitudes de estudantes de enfermagem frente questões relacionadas ao álcool, alcoolismo e alcoolista

“…Most participants revealed that they prefer not to work with alcoholic patients, in line with other research findings (13,19,21) . Some studies (5,9) evidence students' more positive attitudes towards alcoholics though, as they did not consider them unpleasant patients and would like to work with these patients if they had the opportunity (8) .…”

“…The nursing students' attitudes towards alcohol, alcoholism and alcoholics were measured through the Attitude Scale Towards Alcohol, Alcoholism and Alcoholics -EAFAAA (19) . Vargas (19) and presented a reliability ratio of 0.90, comprising 84 items that cover five factors: Factor 1: The alcoholic: work and interpersonal relations; Factor 2: Etiology; Factor 3: Disease; Factor 4: Repercussions deriving from alcohol use and abuse; Factor 5: The Alcoholic Beverage.…”

“…Vargas (19) and presented a reliability ratio of 0.90, comprising 84 items that cover five factors: Factor 1: The alcoholic: work and interpersonal relations; Factor 2: Etiology; Factor 3: Disease; Factor 4: Repercussions deriving from alcohol use and abuse; Factor 5: The Alcoholic Beverage. Together with the attitude scale, a two-section sociodemographic questionnaire elaborated by the researcher was applied.…”

Implementação de intervenções breves para uso problemático de álcool na atenção primária, em um contexto amazônico

“…A falta de treinamento de profissionais para lidar com o consumo problemático de bebidas alcoólicas já vem sendo levantada em outros estudos, necessitando de ações que lidem com essa demanda (12)(13)(14) . Dado que também chamou a atenção foi a maior prevalência de uso de álcool e padrões problemáticos entre homens, indicando necessidade de ações específicas para essa população que recorre menos aos serviços de saúde, inclusive, achado compatível com outros estudos (15) .…”

Development and Testing of the Psychometric Properties of Thai Nurses’ Attitudes toward Alcohol-dependent Patients Scale

“…The second study was also from Brazil. This scale is comprised of 84 items and identifies five attitude subscales that cover five components: attitude toward alcoholic patients, attitude toward the etiology of alcoholism, attitude toward alcoholism as a disease, attitude toward the consequences of alcohol use/abuse, and attitude toward alcoholic beverages [10].These scales attempt to develop an assessment of the nurses' attitudes toward alcohol, alcoholism, and alcoholics, but are not specific for alcohol-dependent patients. The third study was developed with nursing students in Brazil.…”