Laraib Ayesha, Sajjad Ayesha, Sardar Adan, Wazir Mohammad Salim, Nazneen Zainab
Student, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
Department of Community Medicine, Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2018 Jan-Mar;30(1):97-102.
Mental Health problems are widespread globally and are the leading causes of disability. The lives of people living with mental illnesses are often drastically altered by the symptoms of the illness and made worse by the society's reaction. Stigmatizing attitude among general population is prevalent. Relatively less research has been done to explore the attitude of health care providers towards mental illness especially so in Pakistan. This study aims to investigate views of healthcare providers of Abbottabad regarding mental illnesses.
A cross-sectional study was conducted in major hospitals and medical institutes of Abbottabad wherein 640 selfadministered questionnaires based on Opening Minds Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) were distributed among healthcare providers selected through non-probability convenience sampling; 553 (86.41%) were returned. Data was collected from June to September 2016 and analyzed using SPSS-16.0.
The mean age of the participants is 26.12 years±7.612. Majority 346 (62%) were medical students, 60 (10.8%) were teachers, 50 (9%) were house officers, 70 (12.7%) were trainee medical officers, 27 (4.9%) were consultants. There were 313 (56.6%) females. The highest degree of stigma was observed among the 'Attitudes' of the people while it was relatively lower in Disclosure and Help Seeking domain and least in the factor of Social Distance.
Stigma associated with mental illness is prevalent among healthcare providers..
心理健康问题在全球广泛存在，是导致残疾的主要原因。精神疾病患者的生活常因疾病症状而发生巨大改变，且社会反应使其情况更糟。普通人群中存在污名化态度。相对而言，针对医疗保健提供者对精神疾病态度的研究较少，在巴基斯坦尤其如此。本研究旨在调查阿伯塔巴德医疗保健提供者对精神疾病的看法。
在阿伯塔巴德的主要医院和医学机构进行了一项横断面研究，通过非概率便利抽样选择医疗保健提供者，向他们发放了640份基于医疗保健提供者开放思维量表（OMS-HC）的自填式问卷；回收了553份（86.41%）。数据于2016年6月至9月收集，并使用SPSS-16.0进行分析。
参与者的平均年龄为26.12岁±7.612。大多数346人（62%）是医学生，60人（10.8%）是教师，50人（9%）是住院医师，70人（12.7%）是实习医务人员，27人（4.9%）是顾问。有313名女性（56.6%）。在“态度”方面观察到最高程度的污名，而在披露和求助领域相对较低，在社会距离因素方面最低。
医疗保健提供者中与精神疾病相关的污名普遍存在。
