Development study of attitudes towards domestic violence scale in healthcare workers

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to develop a attitude scale to determine the healthcare workers’ (nurse,midvifwery and sanitary servant)  approach to the domestic violence. Material and Method: The scale articles are prepared by the researcher according to the related literature and by interviewing with the referees who work on this subject. There are totally 31 articles in the item pool. The draft scale with the testing purpose is re-organized with 20 items according to the content analyses of the Content Validity Index (CVI) from referees. In Istanbul, the draft scale is applied to a total of 400 healthcare workers who work in Bakırköy Neurological Disorders Hospital (Ruh ve Sinir Hastalıkları Hastanesi) (n=239), Şişli Etfal (n=80) and Medical Park (n=81).Results: The scale’s Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) coefficient is found 0.79 and Barlett Test significance value is found 0.000. The total item correlations of the scale change between 0.26-0.49 and, their factorial loading change between 0.65-0.32. The Cronbach- alpha reliability number is found as 0.72. As a result of the factorial analysis that is performed, we developed the 4 factor scale which explains 51.227% of the total variance with 13 item in the  “Scale of  Attitude Toward  Domestic Violence”  . Conclusion: Analyses show that the scale has acceptable level of effectiveness according to its structural specifications and internal consistency. However the scale has to be applied to people other than the healthcare workers and the reliability and validity studies have to be realized.