Validation of the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC): Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Validation of the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC): Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version

Published:2023-04-06 Issue:7 Volume:11 Page:1049
ISSN:2227-9032
Container-title:Healthcare
language:en
Short-container-title:Healthcare

Author:

Carrara Bruna Sordi¹,Sanches Marcos²^ORCID,Bobbili Sireesha Jennifer²,de Godoy Costa Simone¹,de Sousa Álvaro Francisco Lopes³^ORCID,de Souza Jacqueline¹^ORCID,Ventura Carla Aparecida Arena¹

Affiliation:

1. PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing Research Development-Brazil, University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing, Ribeirão Preto 14040-902, Brazil

2. Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4, Canada

3. Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo 01308-060, Brazil

Abstract

Stigma towards people with mental illness is also present among health professionals. The study validated and estimated the reliability, dimensionality and structure of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) scale in Brazil. In this methodological study, health professionals (n = 199) from Family Health Units in Brazil were recruited by convenience sampling. The EFA conducted with 16 items resulted in four factors. The Cronbach’s Alpha for the OMS scale was 0.74, which is considered to reflect reasonable reliability. The data presented contribute to the use of the scale in studies that investigate the level of stigma among health professionals towards people with mental illness, as well as in the development of anti-stigma interventions in this context.

Funder

São Paulo Research Foundation

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Health Information Management,Health Informatics,Health Policy,Leadership and Management

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/11/7/1049/pdf

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