Healthcare Attitudes Scale Test

With 24 statements and a five-minute completion time, the Healthcare Attitudes Scale Test explores how you view doctors, nurses, medication, illness, access to care, and healthcare systems. Your profile highlights patterns in medical attitudes, offering a structured starting point for self-reflection about trust, expectations, and personal beliefs.

Questions: 245 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Deontological (Physician)D

Measures attitudes toward a physician’s professional duty and the perceived humanity of doctor–patient communication.

example score10/18

10/18Moderateexample score

3 – 9Low

10 – 13Moderate

14 – 18High

A score of 10 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a mixed or situational view of physicians’ professional responsibility and interpersonal conduct.

Age DiscriminationAD

Measures the extent of age-based bias in evaluating medical professionals, favoring older and more experienced clinicians over younger doctors.

example score15/18

15/18High biasexample score

3 – 11Low bias

12 – 14Moderate bias

15 – 18High bias

A score of 15 falls in the High bias range, indicating a strong tendency to distrust younger doctors and prefer older, more experienced specialists.

Deontological (Nurse)D

Measures negative or critical perceptions of nurses’ communication and attentiveness that may hinder patient–nurse interaction.

example score11/18

11/18Moderate concernexample score

3 – 10Low concern

11 – 12Moderate concern

13 – 18High concern

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate concern range, suggesting some reservations about nurses’ friendliness or attentiveness that could occasionally complicate communication.

Anti-BureaucraticAB

Measures the extent of negative attitudes toward bureaucratic procedures and formalism in medical institutions that may interfere with accessing care.

example score15/18

15/18Highexample score

3 – 12Low

13 – 14Moderate

15 – 18High

A score of 15 falls in the High range, suggesting strong frustration with medical bureaucracy and a tendency to view formal processes as obstructive.

Anti-ElitistAE

Measures the degree of negative attitudes about the cost and accessibility of healthcare and distrust toward free or low-cost services.

example score13/18

13/18Moderateexample score

3 – 10Low

11 – 14Moderate

15 – 18High

A score of 13 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable concerns about treatment costs and access and some mistrust of free or low-cost care.

StoicS

Measures the extent to which a person views illness as challenging yet potentially meaningful and value-shaping.

example score12/18

12/18Moderate stoic attitudeexample score

3 – 11Low stoic attitude

12 – 13Moderate stoic attitude

14 – 18High stoic attitude

A score of 12 suggests a moderate stoic attitude, reflecting some tendency to see illness as difficult but also potentially personally enriching and clarifying of priorities.

Secondary GainSG

Measures the extent to which a person adopts a “sick role” attitude by valuing illness for its perceived secondary benefits (e.g., relief from duties, attention, or material gain).

example score7/18

7/18Low sick-role orientationexample score

3 – 7Low sick-role orientation

8 – 11Moderate sick-role orientation

12 – 18High sick-role orientation

A score of 7 falls in the low range, suggesting minimal tendency to view illness as beneficial through secondary gains.

Anti-MedicationAM

Measures the degree of skepticism and distrust toward prescription medications and preference for non-pharmaceutical approaches.

example score11/18

11/18Moderate antimedicationexample score

3 – 9Low antimedication

10 – 13Moderate antimedication

14 – 18High antimedication

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate antimedication range, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme tendency to view medications as more risky or unhelpful than beneficial.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Chronic condition patients

41%OF USERS

People managing long-term illness use it to spot beliefs and habits that affect adherence, trust in clinicians, and daily self-care.

Anxious or mistrustful patients

34%OF USERS

People who feel fear, skepticism, or frustration about doctors, tests, or medications take it to understand what drives avoidance or conflict.

Clinicians and health researchers

25%OF USERS

Professionals use it for quick screening to identify attitude barriers that may reduce treatment effectiveness and communication quality.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Deontological (doctor)

You?

Average10.9

Typical rangeTypical8.2 – 13.6

Possible3 – 18

Age DiscriminationAD

You?

Average7.6

Typical rangeTypical5.5 – 9.8

Possible3 – 18

Deontological (nurse)

You?

Average13

Typical rangeTypical10.4 – 15.7

Possible3 – 18

Anti-bureaucraticA

You?

Average12.2

Typical rangeTypical9.6 – 14.9

Possible3 – 18

Anti-elitistA

You?

Average12.4

Typical rangeTypical9.7 – 15.1

Possible3 – 18

StoicS

You?

Average11.4

Typical rangeTypical9.1 – 13.6

Possible3 – 18

RentierR

You?

Average6.9

Typical rangeTypical4 – 9.7

Possible3 – 18

AntimedicationA

You?

Average9.4

Typical rangeTypical6.9 – 12

Possible3 – 18

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Please indicate your personal opinion regarding each of the statements presented below. Because these items concern your personal views, there are no right or wrong answers.

- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Rather disagree
- Rather agree
- Agree
- Completely agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree

These are 3 of the 24 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Healthcare Attitudes Scale Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who want to examine assumptions about medical care can use the Healthcare Attitudes Scale Test as a structured self-report exercise. It is intended for readers considering how expectations about care and authority shape healthcare encounters. As a medical attitudes test, it separates patterns concerning professionals, treatment, institutions, and illness, helping readers notice recurring assumptions.

What This Assessment Explores

Together, this healthcare attitude profile covers:

Age Discrimination (3-18) reflects age preference; Deontological (Physician) (3-18) reflects duty/treatment: Low bias (3-11), Moderate bias (12-14), High bias (15-18); Low (3-9), Moderate (10-13), High (14-18).
Deontological (Nurse) (3-18) reflects nurse concerns; Anti-Bureaucratic (3-18) reflects bureaucratic barriers: Low concern (3-10), Moderate (11-12), High concern (13-18); Low (3-12), Moderate (13-14), High (15-18).
Anti-Elitist (3-18) reflects cost/access distrust; Stoic (3-18) reflects growth-promoting illness: Low (3-10), Moderate (11-14), High (15-18); Low stoic attitude (3-11), Moderate stoic attitude (12-13), High stoic attitude (14-18).
Secondary Gain (3-18) reflects illness benefits; Anti-Medication (3-18) reflects medication distrust: Low sick-role orientation (3-7), Moderate sick-role orientation (8-11), High sick-role orientation (12-18); Low antimedication (3-9), Moderate antimedication (10-13), High antimedication (14-18).

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement asks for agreement through six ordered choices, with endpoints phrased as strong or complete disagreement and strong or complete agreement, plus intermediate choices such as rather or somewhat agree/disagree. The items address recognizable situations-medication, illness, professional conduct, administration, and access-so answers reflect endorsement of particular beliefs rather than a single global attitude.

Results are presented as separate domain scores with their displayed ranges and bands; no overall score is specified. Conceptually, this healthcare attitudes questionnaire is consistent with Karpinsky and Boiko’s 2021 instrument, but it is not presented as an adaptation of that instrument. Their 2021 retest-reliability and ecological-validity study concerns that published instrument, not automatic validation of every online wording or digital scoring choice.

Interpret the result as a snapshot of attitudes toward medical care, shaped by current experiences, expectations, self-awareness, and response bias. The online version has no stated population norms or clinical thresholds, so each displayed label is a catalogue category to interpret through its scale definition, not a diagnosis or fixed prediction of behavior. Comparing the profile with real experiences can make the result more useful for reflection.

Author: Icek Ajzen, Martin Fishbein

Literature:

Karpinsky K. V., Boiko S. L. (2022). The Attitudes in Health Care Domain Scale. In K. V. Karpinsky, A. M. Kolyshko, and T. V. Parfyonova, Modern Methods of Psychological Diagnostics (pp. 118-142). Grodno: Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. ISBN 978-985-582-500-6.
Karpinsky K. V., Boiko S. L. (2021). Retest Reliability and Ecological Validity of the Scale of Attitudes in the Field of Healthcare. Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology, 12(4), 663-671. 10.34883/PI.2021.12.4.008.

Updated: 2025-10-02