Validation of the Self Stigma of Seeking Help (SSOSH) scale in a population of Colombian medical students.

Autor: Larrahondo BF; Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Electronic address: brayan.larrahondoe@gmail.co., Valencia JG; Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Martínez-Villalba AMR; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Ospina JPZ; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia., Aguirre-Acevedo DC; Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Jazyk: English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Revista Colombiana de psiquiatria (English ed.) [Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)] 2021 Apr-Jun; Vol. 50 (2), pp. 82-91. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcpeng.2020.01.002
Abstrakt: Objective: Validate the Self Stigma Of Seeking Help (SSOSH) scale in a population of students of a medical school for its use in Colombia.
Methods: We included 384 medical students from the city of Medellín. Initially, two direct translations were made, two back translation and one pilot test. The internal consistency, test-retest repeatability and structural, convergent, divergent and discriminative construct validity were then evaluated.
Results: A easy-to-understand and to fill out Spanish version was obtained. The internal consistency of the scale was adequate (Cronbach's alpha = .80; 95%CI, .77-.83) as well as the test-retest repeatability (CCI = .77; 95%CI, .63-.86). The Confirmatory Factor Analysis showed a good fit with the one-dimensional structure (RMSEA = .073; IC90%, .056-.089; CFI = .968; TLI = .977; WRMR = .844). The convergent validity was supported by the correlation with the Public Stigma scales (ρ = .39) and Attitudes towards Seeking Help (ρ = -0.50) and the divergent validity with the Social Desirability scale (ρ = -0,05). When examining the discriminative validity, differences were found between the scores of those who would be willing to seek professional help when having a mental health problem and those who probably would not (Difference of means = 4.9; 95%CI, 2.99-6.83).
Conclusions: The Colombian version of the SSOSH is valid, reliable and useful for the measurement of the Self-stigma associated with seeking professional help in the university population of the Colombian health sector. Its psychometric properties must be investigated in populations of other programs and outside universities.
(Copyright © 2020 Asociación Colombiana de Psiquiatría. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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