J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs.  2022 Sep;31(3):318-326. 10.12934/jkpmhn.2022.31.3.318.

Validity and Reliability of the Depression Attitude Questionnaire: Korean Version

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  • 1Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing Science, Daejeon Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea

Abstract

Purpose
This study tested the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the Depression Attitude Questionnaire of Nurse (DAQ-K). The scale measures the attitudes toward depression among Korean nurses.
Methods
The DAQ-K was developed using forward-backward translation techniques. An internal consistency reliability as well as construct validity using exploratory analysis, were conducted using SPSS/WIN (21.0). The data were collected from 234 nurses at two tertiary hospitals, four general hospitals, and two hospitals in D and S city, South Korea.
Results
Factor analysis results of the revised DAQ-K demonstrated that it has a four-factor structure(professional confidence, a generalist perspective, therapeutic perspective, negative prejudice) that supports construct validity. Factor loadings of the 14 items were .42-.80. The DAQ-K showed reliable internal consistency from Cronbach’s ⍺ for the total scale of .74.
Conclusion
Results showed that the DAQ-K has satisfactory construct validity, and is a reliable measure of attitudes toward depression among nurses in Korea. This revised scale is likely to be useful in examining attitudes across the nurses in Korea, and may be valuable for evaluating training that addresses nurses’ attitudes towards depression.

Keyword

Attitude; Depression; Nurses; 태도; 우울증; 간호사
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