Version 1
: Received: 13 August 2018 / Approved: 14 August 2018 / Online: 14 August 2018 (05:42:32 CEST)
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Molina-Mula, J.; González-Trujillo, A. Validation of the SM-GIBED Scale: Attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health Nurses about Alcoholics and other Drug-Dependent Patients. Preprints.org2018, 2018080243. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0243.v1
Molina-Mula, J.; González-Trujillo, A. Validation of the SM-GIBED Scale: Attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health Nurses about Alcoholics and other Drug-Dependent Patients. Preprints.org 2018, 2018080243. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0243.v1
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Molina-Mula, J.; González-Trujillo, A. Validation of the SM-GIBED Scale: Attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health Nurses about Alcoholics and other Drug-Dependent Patients. Preprints.org2018, 2018080243. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0243.v1
Molina-Mula, J.; González-Trujillo, A. Validation of the SM-GIBED Scale: Attitudes of Emergency and Mental Health Nurses about Alcoholics and other Drug-Dependent Patients. Preprints.org 2018, 2018080243. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201808.0243.v1
Abstract
Objective: The goal of this study was to analyse the attitudes and perceptions of emergency and mental health nurses through the validation of the SM-GIBED scale in specialised care in Spain on alcoholics and other drug-dependent patients. Design and Setting: This cross-sectional study was developed using the Spanish hospital version of the Seaman-Mannello scale to denominate the SM-GIBED scale. Participants: 170 Emergency and Mental Health Nursing from five Spanish Hospitals. Intervention: Self-administered questionnaire to analiyse the perceptions and attitudes about the drug addict and the alcoholic. Primary and Secondary Outcome Measures: A descriptive and inferential analysis of the study variables was carried out. A psychometric analysis was performed to validate the scale. Results: A total of 170 questionnaires were collected from 257 healthcare workers. Overall, 99.1% of the participants had contact with drug-dependent patients during their professional experience. Nearly 75% had difficulties in treating them. The psychometric analysis of the SM-GIBED scale in the Spanish context obtained values of KMO = 0.655 and Bartlett's test p < 0.000. Cronbach's alpha of 0.738 was obtained from the reliability analysis. A reliability analysis of each of the SM-GIBED questions found no case with an alpha lower than 0.71. In conclusion, positive aspects include an ingratiating attitude and subject-to-subject communication when nurses self-define as empathic and non-paternalistic. Among the negative aspects, there is a lack of communication skills and assertiveness with these patients. This highlights a certain degree of resignation and dissatisfaction when working with drug addicts.
Keywords
alcoholism; health professionals’ attitudes; social perception; Seaman-Mannello scale; validation
Subject
Social Sciences, Sociology
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