Abstract: Objective: To translate the Dementia Attitudes Scale (DAS) into Chinese and evaluate its reliability and validity in community nurses. Methods: The Chinese version of DAS (DAS-C) was translated from the original English version and adjusted for cultural adaptation. The reliability and validity were tested in 213 community nurses who were proportionally selected from nine administrative divisions in Chongqing urban area. Results: The DAS-C contains 20 items. The item content validity index (I-CVI) ranged from 0.80 to 1.00, the average content validity index (S-CVI/Ave) was 0.98. Three common factors that explained 48.026% of variance were extracted, which were dementia knowledge, positive social comfort and negative social comfort. The Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.787, and the Cronbach's α coefficient for the three dimensions was 0.854, 0.704 and 0.752, respectively. Conclusion: DAS-C shows good reliability and validity. It is a valid tool to assess the attitudes of community nurses towards patients with dementia.

Key words: Dementia Attitudes Scale; reliability; validity; community nurses