Sreeraj Vanteemar S, Parija Seema, Uvais N A, Mohanty Sandhyarani, Kumar Sudhir
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2017 Jul-Dec;26(2):223-227. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_25_16.
Nursing fraternity play a pivotal role in psychiatric services. Negative attitudes toward mental illness have been consistently reported in nursing students. Psychiatric conditions and persons suffering from them may elicit different kinds of attitudinal responses.
The current study aimed at assessing the attitude toward mental illness and also at comparative evaluation of the attitude toward persons with different psychiatric, physical, and social conditions.
The present study was carried out among conveniently selected nursing students ( = 100) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) and Attitude to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) on their 1 day of psychiatric posting.
Higher stereotype (3.1 ± 0.8), benevolence (3.7 ± 0.6), and pessimistic prediction (3.4 ± 0.9) were reported toward mental illness. Negative attitude was noted toward persons with criminal background (4.8 ± 3.7), heroin abuse (3.2 ± 3.6), suicidal depression (1.36 ± 3.6), alcohol use (0.59 ± 4.38), and schizophrenia (0.03 ± 3.2) in the same order, with positive attitude toward diabetic (-4.4 ± 3.9) and religious persons (-5.13 ± 3.6). Significant correlation of ASMI scores was noted mainly with schizophrenia of AMIQ but not with other psychiatric conditions.
High negative attitudes in nursing students underline the need for stronger antistigma measures. Differences in attitude toward mental illness in general and specific psychiatric conditions need further systematic evaluation.
护理行业在精神科服务中发挥着关键作用。护理专业学生对精神疾病的消极态度一直有报道。精神疾病状况及其患者可能引发不同类型的态度反应。
本研究旨在评估对精神疾病的态度，并对护理专业学生对患有不同精神、身体和社会状况的患者的态度进行比较评价。
本研究选取了100名方便抽样的护理专业学生，在他们精神科实习的第一天，使用精神疾病态度量表（ASMI）和精神疾病态度问卷（AMIQ）进行调查。
对精神疾病的刻板印象（3.1±0.8）、仁慈态度（3.7±0.6）和悲观预测（3.4±0.9）得分较高。对有犯罪背景者（4.8±3.7）、海洛因滥用者（3.2±3.6）、自杀性抑郁症患者（1.36±3.6）、酗酒者（0.59±4.38）和精神分裂症患者（0.03±3.2）的态度依次为消极，而对糖尿病患者（-4.4±3.9）和宗教人士（-5.13±3.6）的态度为积极。ASMI得分主要与AMIQ中的精神分裂症显著相关，但与其他精神疾病状况无关。
护理专业学生存在高度消极态度，这凸显了加强反污名化措施的必要性。对精神疾病总体态度以及对特定精神疾病状况态度的差异需要进一步系统评估。
