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The patient's experience of diabetes and its treatment: construction of an attitude scale by a semantic differential technique
Author(s) -
Wikblad Karin F,
Wibell Lars B,
Montin Kent R
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1990.tb01990.x
Subject(s) - semantic differential , diabetes mellitus , scale (ratio) , reliability (semiconductor) , psychology , medicine , adjective check list , autonomy , adjective , clinical psychology , quality of life (healthcare) , nursing , developmental psychology , social psychology , endocrinology , computer science , power (physics) , physics , noun , personality , quantum mechanics , political science , law , natural language processing
An instrument for measuring attitudes towards diabetes and self‐care was constructed by a semantic differential technique The instrument contained nine adjective pairs Factor analysis classified these into four factors self‐esteem/autonomy, object evaluation, quality of life supporting factor and self‐strength/vulnerability The reliability coefficient of test‐retest by 28 nurses/nurse tutors was 0.93 Fifty diabetic patients completed the attitude scale for testing the validity of the instrument Male patients had a more positive attitude towards diabetes than females Those who had had diabetes for less than 10 years were more positive than those with a longer duration of the disease A higher degree of education, well‐performed self‐monitoring of blood glucose and achievement of good metabolic control were all associated with a more negative attitude towards diabetes A group of nurses/nurse tutors who also completed the attitude scale had a more negative attitude towards diabetes than the investigated groups of patients