한국어판 치매에 대한 태도 측정도구의 타당도와 신뢰도

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of the dementia attitudes scale - Korean version (DAS-K). The original DAS was translated into Korean with forward and back translation according to the process of translation and adaptation of instrument by the World Health Organization. Survey data were collected from 438 nurses, nurse aids, licensed caregivers who worked in the 3 long-term care hospitals and 1 nursing home and nursing students of 2 universities. Construct validity using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and internal consistency reliability were conducted. SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 23.0 programs were used for data analysis. The exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 factors for the 20 items. Confirmatory factor analysis supported good convergent 4-factor structure consisting of ‘understanding people with dementia’, ‘willingness to do person-centered care’ ‘social discomfort’, ‘social comfortableness’. DAS-K showed reliable internal consistency with a Cronbach’s alpha for the overall scale was .846 and for the 4 subscales ranged from .779 to .836. The findings demonstrate that DAS-K is an appropriate instrument to measure attitude toward people with dementia in Korea.