Instrument details

announcement
Instrument Title

The Others’ External Stigma (OES) and the Respondent’s External Stigma (RES) Scales

No PDF assigned

Source Article

Wouters, E., Masquillier, C., Sommerland, N., Engelbrecht, M., Van Rensburg, A. J., Kigozi, G., & Rau, A. (2017). Measuring HIV- and TB-related stigma among health care workers in South Africa: a validation and reliability study. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(11), 19–25. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.16.0749 <p> Wouters, E., Rau, A., Engelbrecht, M., Uebel, K., Siegel, J., Masquillier, C., Kigozi, G., Sommerland, N., & Yassi, A. (2016). The Development and Piloting of Parallel Scales Measuring External and Internal HIV and Tuberculosis Stigma Among Healthcare Workers in the Free State Province, South Africa. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 62 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), S244–S254. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ1185

Response Options

4-point Likert Scale (1=strongly disagree to 4 strongly agree)

Survey Items

HIVOES

  1. Some of my co-workers in this hospital look down on HCWs who they think may be HIV-infected
  2. There are HCWs who make negative remarks about the health of co-workers who are involved in HIV care and treatment
  3. Some of the HCWs who are suspected of having HIV are rejected by others in the workplace
  4. Other HCWs in this hospital are afraid of catching HIV from colleagues who care for HIV-positive patients

HIVRES

  1. I would feel comfortable having HCWs who are known to be HIV-positive working closely with me in my job
  2. HCWs who have HIV should not feel guilty about it
  3. HIV-positive HCWs can be good role models in the workplace
  4. Doctors and nurses with HIV who are otherwise in good health should continue practicing medicine

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.792 (HIVOES) & 0.783 (HIVRES)

Validity

Internal and external construct validity

Google Scholar

View article on Google Scholar

Terms Of Use

Individuals may use this information for research or educational purposes only and may not use this information for commercial purposes. When using this instrument, please cite:

Wouters, E., Masquillier, C., Sommerland, N., Engelbrecht, M., Van Rensburg, A. J., Kigozi, G., & Rau, A. (2017). Measuring HIV- and TB-related stigma among health care workers in South Africa: a validation and reliability study. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 21(11), 19–25. https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.16.0749 <p> Wouters, E., Rau, A., Engelbrecht, M., Uebel, K., Siegel, J., Masquillier, C., Kigozi, G., Sommerland, N., & Yassi, A. (2016). The Development and Piloting of Parallel Scales Measuring External and Internal HIV and Tuberculosis Stigma Among Healthcare Workers in the Free State Province, South Africa. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 62 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), S244–S254. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ1185

When presenting results using any survey information you obtained from the SABI, please acknowledge the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), an NIH funded program P30 AI50410.