Construção da escala de estigma de cortesia entre familiares de usuários de drogas (ECOFAD)

Abstract

The present work had two systematic literature reviews. In the first one, a search was made in the PsycNET (APA), Pubmed, Bvs Brasil, CAPES, SciELO, and Pepsic databases, obtaining the number of 94 articles involving the theme of Courtesy Stigma in different health conditions.Derived from this first review, a new systematic review was conducted aimed at investigating the instruments used to measure this phenomenon. In all, 6 scales were detected and the findingthat the Courtesy Stigma has positive correlations with depression, anxiety, caregiver burden, burnout, awareness of public devaluation and awareness of stigma. Quality of life, social support, self-esteem, quality of care and social desirability showed negative correlations. Finally, we conducted the construction of the Courtesy Stigma Scale among Family Members of Drug Users (ECOFAD) and a field study with 86 family members of drug users, in order toobtain the first data of internal consistency. The final instrument contains 38 items divided intothe cognitive, affective and behavioral dimensions and the subscale reliability index varied withCronbach's alpha from 0.81 to 0.89.