Psychometric Analysis of the Attitudes towards Alcohol Scale in Portuguese Health Professionals

Abstract

The aim of this work is to evaluate the psychometric characteristics of the Attitudes Scale on Alcohol, Alcoholism and Persons with Alcohol Use Disorders (EAFAA) after their cultural and linguistic validation to the Portuguese population. An analysis of the psychometric characteristics is performed for a convenience sample with 500 health professionals and students in the health and social fields, recruited between May 2021 and March 2022, using confirmatory factor analysis and determination of reliability and validity. The psychometric qualities evaluation of EAFAA-PT allows us to consider this work as a valid and reliable instrument for use in the Portuguese population.

Keywords

• alcohol-related disorders
• health knowledge
• attitudes
• practice
• psychometrics
• healthcare providers