Development & validation of scales to assess stigma related to COVID-19 in India.
Autor: | Nair S; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Joshi A; School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Aggarwal S; Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Planning and Coordination Cell, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India., Adhikari T; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Mahajan N; Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Planning and Coordination Cell, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India., Diwan V; Division of Environmental Monitoring & Exposure Assessment (Water & Soil), ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India., Stephen A; Department of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Devi KR; Divison of Enteric Disease, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India., Mishra BK; Department of Medical, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Yadav GK; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Kohli R; Division of Social & Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Sahu D; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Gulati BK; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Sharma S; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Yadav J; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Ovung S; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India., Duggal C; School of Human Ecology, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Sharma M; Department of Environmental Health & Epidemiology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India., Bangar SD; Division of Epidemiology and Statistics, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Andhalkar R; Division of Epidemiology and Statistics, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Rebecca PB; Department of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Rani S; Department of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Selvaraj P; Office of District Non-Communicable Disease, Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Loyala College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Xavier GG; Department of Social Work, Loyala College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Peter V; Informational & Resource Centre for the Deprived Urban Communities, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Watson B; Electronic Data Processing Unit, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Kannan T; Epidemiology and Statistics Unit, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Md Asmathulla KS; Integrated People Development Project Trust, Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India., Bhattacharya D; Department of Microbiology, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Turuk J; Department of Microbiology, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Palo SK; Department of Epidemiology, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Kanungo S; Department of Epidemiology, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Behera AK; Department of Clinical, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India., Pandey AK; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Zaman K; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Misra BR; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Kumar N; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Behera SP; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Singh R; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Sarkar AH; Divison of Enteric Disease, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India., Narain K; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India., Kant R; Research Management, Policy, Planning and Coordination Cell, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi; ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India., Sahay S; Division of Social & Behavioral Research, ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra, India., Tiwari RR; ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India., Thomas BE; Department of Social and Behavioral Research, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Panda S; Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Planning and Coordination Cell, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India., Vardhana Rao MV; ICMR-National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India. |
---|---|
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | The Indian journal of medical research [Indian J Med Res] 2022 Jan; Vol. 155 (1), pp. 156-164. |
DOI: | 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_2455_21 |
Abstrakt: | Background & Objectives: COVID-19 pandemic has triggered social stigma towards individuals affected and their families. This study describes the process undertaken for the development and validation of scales to assess stigmatizing attitudes and experiences among COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 participants from the community. Methods: COVID-19 Stigma Scale and Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale constituting 13 and six items, respectively, were developed based on review of literature and news reports, expert committee evaluation and participants' interviews through telephone for a multicentric study in India. For content validity, 61 (30 COVID-19-recovered and 31 non-COVID-19 participants from the community) were recruited. Test-retest reliability of the scales was assessed among 99 participants (41 COVID-19 recovered and 58 non-COVID-19). Participants were administered the scale at two-time points after a gap of 7-12 days. Cronbach's alpha, overall percentage agreement and kappa statistics were used to assess internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Results: Items in the scales were relevant and comprehensible. Both the scales had Cronbach's α above 0.6 indicating moderate-to-good internal consistency. Test-retest reliability assessed using kappa statistics indicated that for the COVID-19 Stigma Scale, seven items had a moderate agreement (0.4-0.6). For the Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale, four items had a moderate agreement. Interpretation & Conclusions: Validity and reliability of the two stigma scales indicated that the scales were comprehensible and had moderate internal consistency. These scales could be used to assess COVID-19 stigma and help in the development of appropriate stigma reduction interventions for COVID-19 infected, and mitigation of stigmatizing attitudes in the community. |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
Externí odkaz: |