Auf Anas Ibn, Ahmed Mohamed H
Consultant Psychiatrist, Mental Health Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Sudan International University, Khartoum, Sudan.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Aug 28;8(8):2640-2643. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_429_19. eCollection 2019 Aug.
Family medicine physicians are first contact of patients in the community and their role in treating mental health is highly recommended. The aim of the current study is to assess attitudes towards psychiatry among doctors enrolled in master degree in family medicine in Gezira University before and after training in psychiatry.
This study was a quantitative cross-sectional study with two stages - pre- and post-psychiatry training. It has included one batch of master students of family medicine at Gezira University, Sudan. The whole master program lasts for 18 months, of which 3 weeks are dedicated to psychiatry training. All students in the batch were invited to participate in both stages - before and after psychiatric training.
31 students participated in the study, 35.5% of them were males (N = 11). Mean age was 39.4 (SD ± 5.34) and mean number of years after graduation was 13.3 (SD ± 4.96). 26 students (83.9%) earned Attitudes Toward Psychiatry (ATP) scores >90, which indicates a positive attitude. The ATP mean score for all participants was 104.26 (SD ± 12.56). The least score was 79 while the maximum was 130. Doctors' attitudes toward psychiatry became more positive after psychiatric training and this difference was statistically significant ( value = 0.038) and this was found to be statistically significant only among participants below age of 40 years and those who have been graduated less than 15 years ago.
Psychiatric training for family physicians in training was associated with significant improvement in attitudes towards psychiatry.
家庭医学医生是社区中患者的首诊医生，强烈推荐他们在心理健康治疗中发挥作用。本研究的目的是评估盖齐拉大学家庭医学硕士学位在读医生在接受精神病学培训前后对精神病学的态度。
本研究是一项分两个阶段（精神病学培训前和培训后）的定量横断面研究。研究对象为苏丹盖齐拉大学一批家庭医学硕士研究生。整个硕士课程为期18个月，其中3周专门用于精神病学培训。该批次的所有学生都被邀请参与两个阶段——精神病学培训前和培训后。
31名学生参与了研究，其中35.5%为男性（N = 11）。平均年龄为39.4岁（标准差±5.34），毕业后平均年数为13.3年（标准差±4.96）。26名学生（83.9%）的精神病学态度量表（ATP）得分>90，表明态度积极。所有参与者的ATP平均得分为104.26（标准差±12.56）。最低分为79分，最高分为130分。医生在接受精神病学培训后对精神病学的态度变得更加积极，这种差异具有统计学意义（P值 = 0.038），且仅在40岁以下的参与者以及毕业时间不到15年的参与者中发现具有统计学意义。
对在职家庭医生进行精神病学培训与对精神病学态度的显著改善相关。
