PMID- 22654507
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121002
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1177-889X (Electronic)
IS  - 1177-889X (Linking)
VI  - 6
DP  - 2012
TI  - Evaluating the psychometric properties of the attitudes towards depression and 
      its treatments scale in an Australian sample.
PG  - 349-54
LID - 10.2147/PPA.S26783 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Individuals' attitudes towards depression and its treatments may 
      influence their likelihood of seeking professional help and adherence to 
      treatment when depressed. Objective measures, such as the Attitudes Towards 
      Depression and its Treatments scale (ATDT), have been developed to assess such 
      attitudes. The aims of this research were to test the reliability and validity of 
      ATDT on an Australian sample who were not depressed during the study or who had 
      previously been depressed, to explore the attitudes of the Australian public 
      towards depression, and to compare these attitudes to those of a Canadian sample 
      of people with depression. METHODS: A sample of 63 males and 140 females (mean 
      age = 32.2 years, SD = 12.9 years) from Melbourne, Australia took part in this 
      study. Fourteen of the males and 52 of the female participants (mean age = 35.4 
      years, SD = 13.2 years) stated that they had been previously diagnosed with 
      depression. RESULTS: THE ATTITUDES OF THE AUSTRALIAN SAMPLE AND THE SUBSET OF 
      THAT SAMPLE WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY EXPERIENCED DEPRESSION DIFFERED FROM THOSE OF THE 
      CANADIAN OUTPATIENT SAMPLE: they were less ashamed of depression, more likely to 
      take antidepressants and consider psychotherapy, and more likely to seek help 
      from professionals or significant others in their lives. However, those in the 
      Australian sample were more likely to report that antidepressants made them lose 
      control, and they were less willing to consider electric shock as a treatment 
      option for their depression. The internal reliability as measured by Cronbach's 
      alpha was lower in the current study (0.63 and 0.57 for both the general public 
      and the depressed Australian sample) than in the Canadian study. Confirmatory 
      factor analysis failed to replicate the factor structure reported previously. 
      LIMITATIONS: The Australian sample of this study may be underrepresentative due 
      to the sampling methods used, and the high proportion of females should not be 
      overlooked. CONCLUSION: Researchers should be vigilant when utilizing measures 
      constructed in different countries. In comparison to the Canadians, the selected 
      Australian sample had more positive attitudes towards depression and its 
      available treatments. The ATDT scale was not a reliable and valid measure in this 
      sample.
FAU - Isaac, Fadia
AU  - Isaac F
AD  - Cairnmillar Institute School of Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 
      Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.
FAU - Greenwood, Kenneth Mark
AU  - Greenwood KM
FAU - Di Benedetto, Mirella
AU  - Di Benedetto M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120503
PL  - New Zealand
TA  - Patient Prefer Adherence
JT  - Patient preference and adherence
JID - 101475748
PMC - PMC3363298
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - attitudes
OT  - depression
OT  - objective measures
OT  - psychometric properties
EDAT- 2012/06/02 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/02 06:01
PMCR- 2012/05/03
CRDT- 2012/06/02 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/05/03 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ppa-6-349 [pii]
AID - 10.2147/PPA.S26783 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Patient Prefer Adherence. 2012;6:349-54. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S26783. Epub 2012 May 
      3.