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Instrument Title

HIV/AIDS Stigma Instrument – Nurse (HASI-N)

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Source Article

Uys, L. R., Holzemer, W. L., Chirwa, M. L., Dlamini, P. S., Greeff, M., Kohi, T. W., Makoae, L. N., Stewart, A. L., Mullan, J., Phetlhu, R. D., Wantland, D. J., Durrheim, K. L., Cuca, Y. P., & Naidoo, J. R. (2009). The development and validation of the HIV/AIDS Stigma Instrument - Nurse (HASI-N). AIDS care, 21(2), 150–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120801982889

Response Options

4-point scale (never, once or twice, several times, most of the time)

Survey Items

Please mark how often you observed the event during the past three months.


    Factor I: Nurses Stigmatizing Patients
  1. A nurse provider poorer quality of care to an HIV/AIDS patient than to other patients
  2. A nurse shouted at or scolded an HIV/AIDS patient
  3. A nurse kept her distance when talking to an HIV/AIDS patient
  4. A nurse ignored the physical pain of an HIV/AIDS patient
  5. A nurse refused to feed an HIV/AIDS patient
  6. A nurse did not check the condition of her HIV/AIDS patient in the unit/ward
  7. A nurse made an HIV/AIDS patient wait until last for care
  8. A nurse made an HIV/AIDS patient do things for himself/herself to avoid touching him/her
  9. A nurse left an HIV/AIDS patient for a long time in a soiled bed
  10. Nurses made HIV/AIDS patients wait for care

  11. Factor II: Nurses Being Stigmatized
  12. People said nurses who provide HIV/AIDS care are HIV-positive
  13. People said nurses would only work with HIV/AIDS patients if they had AIDS themselves
  14. Someone said that nurses who care for HIV/AIDS patients spread the disease
  15. Someone said that nurses who work in homecare are HIV-positive
  16. Someone called a nurse names because she takes care of HIV/AIDS patients
  17. A nurse was stigmatized because of the HIV/AIDS services she provides
  18. The spouse of a nurse who cares for HIV/AIDS patients feared that the nurse would bring the virus home from work and give it to him/her
  19. People said that nurses get infected by taking care of people with HIV/AIDS
  20. People made negative remarks about nurses involved with HIV/AIDS care

Internal Reliability

Cronbach’s α=0.90 (Overall)

Validity

Construct and concurrent validity

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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:

Uys, L. R., Holzemer, W. L., Chirwa, M. L., Dlamini, P. S., Greeff, M., Kohi, T. W., Makoae, L. N., Stewart, A. L., Mullan, J., Phetlhu, R. D., Wantland, D. J., Durrheim, K. L., Cuca, Y. P., & Naidoo, J. R. (2009). The development and validation of the HIV/AIDS Stigma Instrument - Nurse (HASI-N). AIDS care, 21(2), 150–159. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540120801982889

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.