Lancaster D M, McLean J E, Guerra L R
Louisiana State University School of Dentistry, New Orleans 70119.
J Cancer Educ. 1986;1(4):249-54. doi: 10.1080/08858198609527841.
The purpose of this paper is to present a description of the development of an instrument to measure attitudes towards cancer. The instrument used a paired comparison technique to assess dental students' attitude toward patients with cancer in relation to other diseases of patients they would encounter in practice. Nine diseases including cancer were paired in 36 combinations. A shift in the ranking of cancer when compared with other serious diseases would indicate a change in attitude. The attitude instrument was administered to 67 students at the beginning and end of a junior oncology course. Analysis of the paired comparison resulted in rankings for the diseases from least to most preferred. The ranking for cancer moved from second to fourth indicating a positive attitude change. The importance of the students' attitude toward encountering patients with cancer and implications for this technique in attitude measurement are discussed.
本文的目的是介绍一种用于测量对癌症态度的工具的开发情况。该工具采用配对比较技术，以评估牙科学生对癌症患者的态度，相对于他们在实践中会遇到的其他患者疾病。包括癌症在内的九种疾病被配对成36种组合。与其他严重疾病相比，癌症排名的变化将表明态度的改变。在初级肿瘤学课程开始和结束时，对67名学生进行了态度工具测试。配对比较分析得出了疾病从最不喜欢到最喜欢的排名。癌症的排名从第二降至第四，表明态度有积极变化。讨论了学生对遇到癌症患者的态度的重要性以及该技术在态度测量中的意义。
