Factor structure of The Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers and psychometric properties of its Hungarian version.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC) is a widely used questionnaire to measure the stigmatising attitudes of healthcare providers towards patients with mental health problems. The psychometric properties of the scale; however, have never been investigated in Hungary. We aimed to thoroughly explore the factor structure of the OMS-HC and examine the key psychometric properties of the Hungarian version.

Methods

The OMS-HC is a self-report questionnaire that measures the overall stigmatising attitude by a total score, and three subscales can be calculated: Attitude, Disclosure and Help-seeking, and Social Distance. Our study population included specialists and trainees in adult and child psychiatry (n = 211). Exploratory and confirmatory f

SUBMITTER: Ori D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552521 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature