Development of diabetes attitude scale for health-care professionals

• Published in: Diabetes care Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 120 - 127
• Main Authors: Anderson, R M, Donnelly, M B, Gressard, C P, Dedrick, R F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Diabetes Association 01-02-1989
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Diabetes Mellitus - nursing; Diabetes Mellitus - rehabilitation; Diabetes Mellitus - therapy; Dietetics; Humans; Nurses - psychology; Patient Education as Topic; Physicians - psychology; Surveys and Questionnaires
• ISSN: 0149-5992; 1935-5548
• DOI: 10.2337/diacare.12.2.120

Development of diabetes attitude scale for health-care professionals.
R M Anderson ,
M B Donnelly ,
C P Gressard and
R F Dedrick
University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Postgraduate Medicine/Health Professions Education, Ann Arbor.
Abstract
This article describes the development of a diabetes attitude scale (DAS) that was designed to measure the attitudes of health-care
professionals (HCPs). The DAS was developed through the efforts of a national panel of diabetes experts. The panel developed
a 60-item scale that was pilot tested and reduced to a 50-item scale. The 50-item scale was then mailed to a national sample
of HCPs with an interest in diabetes. The surveys were returned by 633 nurses, 322 dietitians, 116 physicians, and 67 others
totaling 1138 returns (a return rate of 54%). The returned surveys were analyzed, and a 31-item DAS composed of 8 subscales
resulted. Evidence for the reliability and validity of the 31-item DAS along with the instrument itself are included in this
study.