Assessing general hospital doctors' attitudes toward psychiatric care in multicultural settings

Psychiatric care in general hospitals depends on collaboration with non-psychiatrist doctors. The Doctors' Attitudes toward Collaborative Care for Mental Health (DACC-MH) is a two-factor scale designed to address this issue and validated in the UK in 2010. However, its applicability in contempo...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2024-05, Vol.17 (1), p.125-125, Article 125
Main Authors: Wimalaratne, Inoka, McLay, Jessica, Menkes, David B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Collaboration
Cultural Diversity
Culture
Datasets
Demographic aspects
Discriminant analysis
Evidence-based medicine
Factor analysis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Hospital doctors
Hospitals
Hospitals, General
Humans
Male
Mental health
Mental Health Services
Mental illness
Middle Aged
Physicians
Physicians - psychology
Psychiatric care
Psychiatric services
Psychiatrists
Public opinion
Questionnaires
Surgeons
Surveys and Questionnaires
United Kingdom
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Summary:Psychiatric care in general hospitals depends on collaboration with non-psychiatrist doctors. The Doctors' Attitudes toward Collaborative Care for Mental Health (DACC-MH) is a two-factor scale designed to address this issue and validated in the UK in 2010. However, its applicability in contemporary, culturally diverse settings is unknown and therefore this study was aimed at determining its validity and consistency using data from our 2021 international study. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses were used, comparing results from our 2021 study (n = 889) with those from the 2010 UK study (n = 225). The DACC-MH consultation subscale, but not the management subscale, aligned with data from our larger, international study. The 2-factor model failed the Chi-square goodness of fit test (χ (19) = 53.9, p 
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-024-06788-7