TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and responsiveness of a scale to measure clinicians' attitudes to people with mental illness (medical student version)
AU - Kassam, A.
AU - Glozier, N.
AU - Leese, M.
AU - Henderson, C.
AU - Thornicroft, G.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - Objective:
We report the rationale, reliability, validity and responsiveness studies of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes (MICA) Scale, a 16-item scale designed to measure attitudes of health care professionals towards people with mental illness.
Method:
Items were generated through focus groups with service users, carers, medical students and trainee psychiatrists. Psychometric testing was completed in a number of student samples. The responsiveness of the scale was tested after a 1.5 h mental illness stigma related intervention with medical students.
Results:
The MICA scale showed good internal consistency, alpha = 0.79. The test-retest reliability (concordance) was 0.80 (95% CI: 0.68-0.91). The standardised response mean for the scale was 0.4 (95% CI 0.02-0.8) after a mental illness related stigma intervention.
Conclusion:
The MICA scale is a responsive, reliable and valid tool, which can be used in medical education and mental health promotion settings and studies.
AB - Objective:
We report the rationale, reliability, validity and responsiveness studies of the Mental Illness: Clinicians' Attitudes (MICA) Scale, a 16-item scale designed to measure attitudes of health care professionals towards people with mental illness.
Method:
Items were generated through focus groups with service users, carers, medical students and trainee psychiatrists. Psychometric testing was completed in a number of student samples. The responsiveness of the scale was tested after a 1.5 h mental illness stigma related intervention with medical students.
Results:
The MICA scale showed good internal consistency, alpha = 0.79. The test-retest reliability (concordance) was 0.80 (95% CI: 0.68-0.91). The standardised response mean for the scale was 0.4 (95% CI 0.02-0.8) after a mental illness related stigma intervention.
Conclusion:
The MICA scale is a responsive, reliable and valid tool, which can be used in medical education and mental health promotion settings and studies.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01562.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01562.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1600-0447
VL - 122
SP - 153
EP - 161
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
IS - 2
ER -
