Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare (Nov 2021)

Development and Initial Validation of Stigma Towards Healthcare Providers Working with COVID-19 Patients Scale (S19-HCPs)

  • Nashwan AJ,
  • Al-Fayyadh S,
  • AL-Hadrawi H,
  • Al-Jubouri MB,
  • Jaafar SA,
  • Hussein SM,
  • Nashwan AJ,
  • Alharahsheh MA,
  • Kader N,
  • Alabdulla M

Journal volume & issue
Vol. Volume 14
pp. 3125 – 3134

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Abdulqadir J Nashwan,1,2 Sadeq Al-Fayyadh,3 Hayder AL-Hadrawi,4 Mohammed Baqer Al-Jubouri,3 Sabah A Jaafar,5 Shaymaa M Hussein,3 Ayat J Nashwan,6 Mohammed A Alharahsheh,6 Nisha Kader,7 Majid Alabdulla7,8 1Department of Nursing Education & Practice Development, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar; 2Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ), Doha, Qatar; 3College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq; 4College of Nursing, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq; 5College of Nursing, University of Muthanna, Baghdad, Iraq; 6Department of Sociology and Social Work, Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan; 7Mental Health Services (MHS), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar; 8College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, QatarCorrespondence: Abdulqadir J NashwanDepartment of Nursing Education & Practice Development, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH), Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), P.O.Box 3050, Doha, QatarTel +974 40240487; +974 66473549Email [email protected]: The S19-HCPs tool evaluates the stigma towards healthcare providers working with patients with COVID-19.Materials and Methods: The psychometric properties of the Arabic and English versions of the S19-HCPs were examined. A survey using the S19-HCPs scale was administered online. Two reliability analyses were used in this study to identify the extent to which S19-HCPs shows consistent results (internal consistency and test–retest reliability). The English version of the scale was piloted on 33 Jordanian and the Arabic version on 27 Iraqi participants.Results: The internal consistency of the English and Arabic S19-HCPs was satisfactory (α = 0.79, 0.74, respectively). Two-week test–retest correlations were all statistically significant (ICC = 0.91, 0.89, respectively).Conclusion: The S19-HCPs is psychometrically robust and can be used in research assessing the stigma towards healthcare providers working with patients with COVID-19 in English and Arabic-speaking countries.Keywords: coronavirus, COVID-19, stigma, S19-HCPs, Arabic S19-HCPs, English S19-HCPs

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