Attitudes of nursing professionals towards burn patients: elaboration and reliability tests of a measurement instrument

Authors

  • Fatima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Souza Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto; Departamento de Enfermagem Geral e Especializada
  • Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • José Aparecido da Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691994000100007

Keywords:

Burns, division into categories, psychometric analysis

Abstract

In this study it was developed an instrument for Measuring the Attitudes of Nursing Professionals toward patients with Burns. 194 items into subscales, expressing favorable and unfavorable attitudes toward patients with burns, were analyzed their apparent and context validity. Following this psychometric analysis 170 items were selected to compose the definitive scale. The coefficient estimated by the split - half method for the different subscales ranged from 0,61 to 0,81. The confiability coefficient of the total scale was equal to 0,92.

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Published

1994-01-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (1994)

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How to Cite

Attitudes of nursing professionals towards burn patients: elaboration and reliability tests of a measurement instrument. (1994). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 2(1), 69-82. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11691994000100007