Taskin E Oryal, Sen Firdevs Seyfe, Aydemir Omer, Demet Mehmet Murat, Ozmen Erol, Icelli Ilkin
Celal Bayar University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Manisa, Turkey.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;38(10):586-92. doi: 10.1007/s00127-003-0655-y.
The aim of this study was to determine the public's attitudes and their correlates towards patients with schizophrenia in rural areas.
The study was carried out in a village near Manisa City, Turkey. Two hundred and eight subjects completed the public survey form which consists of ten items screening demographic and health status and 32 items rating attitudes towards schizophrenia.
Half of the subjects stated that persons with schizophrenia are aggressive and that they should not be free in the community. More than half of the subjects stated that they would be irritated about having a neighbour with schizophrenia (61.5%), that they would not rent their home to a person with schizophrenia (58.2%), that they do not want to work with a person with schizophrenia (61.1%), and that they would not get married to a person with schizophrenia (85.6%).
The public in rural areas sufficiently recognises schizophrenia but has a tendency to stigmatise schizophrenic patients. Their attitudes are generally negative and rejective. They do not want close contact with schizophrenic patients. Interpretation of schizophrenia as a mental illness leads to more negative attitudes and increases the social distance.
本研究旨在确定农村地区公众对精神分裂症患者的态度及其相关因素。
该研究在土耳其马尼萨市附近的一个村庄进行。208名受试者填写了公众调查问卷，问卷包括10项筛选人口统计学和健康状况的项目以及32项对精神分裂症态度的评分项目。
一半的受试者表示精神分裂症患者具有攻击性，不应该在社区中自由活动。超过一半的受试者表示，他们会因有一个患有精神分裂症的邻居而感到恼火（61.5%），不会把房子租给精神分裂症患者（58.2%），不想与精神分裂症患者共事（61.1%），也不会与精神分裂症患者结婚（85.6%）。
农村地区的公众对精神分裂症有足够的认识，但有对精神分裂症患者污名化的倾向。他们的态度总体上是消极和排斥的。他们不想与精神分裂症患者密切接触。将精神分裂症理解为一种精神疾病会导致更消极的态度并增加社会距离。
