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Drug User's Self-Efficacy to Resist the Urge of Consuming these Substances: Cross-Cultural Adaptation Instrument

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S.C. Vasconcelos ,
I.S. Frazão ,
E.B. Sougey ,
S.L. Souza ,
N.E. Turner ,
A.O. Silva ,
R.C. Pereira  and
M.D.C. Lima
S.C. Vasconcelos
Affiliation:
Federal University of Paraíba UFPB, Public Health Nursing, João Pessoa, Brazil
I.S. Frazão
Affiliation:
Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE, Nursing, Recife, Brazil
E.B. Sougey
Affiliation:
Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE, Neuropsychiatry, Recife, Brazil
S.L. Souza
Affiliation:
Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE, Neuropsychiatry, Recife, Brazil
N.E. Turner
Affiliation:
University of Toronto, Mental health and adiction, Toronto, Canada
A.O. Silva
Affiliation:
Federal University of Paraíba UFPB, Public Health Nursing, João Pessoa, Brazil
R.C. Pereira
Affiliation:
Federal Institute of Pernambuco, Psychology, Recife, Brazil
M.D.C. Lima
Affiliation:
Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE, Neuropsychiatry, Recife, Brazil

Abstract

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Introduction

Self-efficacy is the belief or personal confidence related to the own ability to perform a specific action necessary to obtain a certain result. Its use refers to the application of validated instruments.

Aims

Describe the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the drug-taking confidence Questionnaire (DTCQ-8) drugs’ version and to verify its content validity and reliability.

Methods

It's a methodological study accomplished by nine experts to the process of adaptation and validation and had a sample of 40 drug users in treatment in the Center of Psycho-Social Attention for alcohol and other drugs, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

Results

The mean index semantics’ agreement (0.989; 0.989; 1.00), idiomatic (0.967), experiential (0.956), conceptual (0.978) and content validation on the clarity of language (0.972), practical relevance (0.958), the theoretical importance (0.958) and theoretical dimension (1.00) demonstrated a satisfactory process. The clinical validation showed that 57.5% of users were classified as moderate on the self-efficacy item to resist the urge to use drugs in high-risk situations, and the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.889 for the complete instrument, ranging from 0.863 to 0.890 among its items.

Conclusions

DTCQ-8 drugs proved to be easy to apply and understand. Its adaptation process was satisfactory for the application in the Brazilian context. The results showed that in this sample, this instrument was suitable to measure the Brazilian user's self-efficacy to resist the urge to consume these substances in high-risk situations.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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e-Poster Viewing: Research Methodology
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. s794
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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