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P0262 - Measuring computer attitude in psychiatric inpatients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

S. Hornung ,
K. Israel-Laubinger ,
V. Gapp ,
B. Schneider ,
J. Fritze  and
B. Weber
S. Hornung
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
K. Israel-Laubinger
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
V. Gapp
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
B. Schneider
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
J. Fritze
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
B. Weber
Affiliation:
Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

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Negative computer attitude has been shown to be a possible co-variable in computerized examinations of psychiatric patients, affecting patient-computer interaction as well as reliability and validity of assessment (Weber et al. 2002, Acta Psychiatr.Scand., 105, 126-130).

It remains still uncertain if the psychological construct of computer attitude can be dependably measured in acute psychiatric inpatients or whether it is impeded by the effects of mental illness. For that reason a German translation of the Groningen Computer Attitude Scale (GCAS) was evaluated in 160 acute psychiatric inpatients under naturalistic conditions.

General test criteria (internal structure, item analysis, internal consistency, split half reliability) to a large extent corresponded to those formerly found in healthy subjects and psychiatric outpatients. The mean GCAS score was calculated as 56.2 ± 10.8 points and a significantly better computer attitude was found in male, better educated and younger patients. Some diverging correlation patterns were found in diagnostic subgroups, indicating a possible minor impact of mental disorder on computer attitude.

Overall, the GCAS was found to be a suitable instrument for measuring computer attitude in acute psychiatric inpatients. It should be used in identifying patients with a negative attitude to computers in order to ensure reliability and validity of computerized assessment.

Type
Poster Session III: Miscellaneous
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue S2: 16th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 16th AEP Congress , April 2008 , pp. S377
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Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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