Physicians Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases Attitude Scale Development

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Occupational diseases (ODs) and work-related diseases are important issues that affect work life and involve economic, medical, social, and ethical dimensions. The aim of this study was to develop a scale to measure the attitudes of physicians working or likely to work on the diagnosis and notification of ODs toward occupational health and OD. Methods: This study was planned as a scale development study. During the scale development process, the item pool was determined using the three-round Delphi method, and explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed using the pilot study data. Results: A pilot study was conducted for the validity of the scale (n = 142). Data were collected again for confirmatory factor analysis of the scale (n = 216). In the confirmatory factor analysis it was decided that the model had the capacity to measure the attitude of physicians toward occupational health and diseases. In the reliability analyses of the scale, the scale was found to be reliable. Conclusion: The “Attitude Scale toward Occupational Health and Occupational Diseases for Physicians,” developed in this study, is a valid and reliable tool to determine the attitude of physicians toward occupational health and ODs.

Keywords

• occupational health
• occupational disease
• scale development
• validity
• reliability

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