Bharti Abhishek, Singh Harpreet, Singh Deepak, Kumar Vipin
Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Psychiatry, SHKM Government Medical College, Nuh, Haryana, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Jan-Jun;30(1):106-112. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_194_20. Epub 2021 May 11.
We aimed to find out the overall reported and intended behavior of the general population of India toward mentally ill persons.
Participants were included in an online survey using a nonprobability snowball sampling technique. After taking informed consent, sociodemographic details were recorded, and the "Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale" was administered.
Out of 818 responses, 684 responses were eligible for study after exclusion. The mean age (standard deviation) of the study population was 31.01 (7.79) years. Maximum participants reported that they did not live (76.6%), did not work (75.7%), did not live nearby (66.4 %), or have not had a close friend (79.8%) with mental health problems. However, most individuals neither agreed nor disagreed to live (48.5%), work (38%), and live nearby (42.7%) a mentally ill person, but maximum individuals strongly agreed to continue a relationship with a friend having mental health problems (34.5%). There were 77.5% males and 32.2% healthcare workers. Regarding intended behavior, there was a significant difference between healthcare workers and persons other than these as well as between males and females. Participants who had previous interaction with the mentally ill person were more willing to interact with the same.
Most people do not intend to have stigmatized behavior toward mentally ill persons. Healthcare workers and males have less negative social reactions toward mentally ill persons in different domains of life. However, there is still a need to intensify awareness about mental health.
我们旨在了解印度普通人群对精神疾病患者的总体报告行为和预期行为。
采用非概率滚雪球抽样技术，让参与者参与在线调查。在获得知情同意后，记录社会人口学细节，并使用“报告与预期行为量表”进行测量。
在818份回复中，排除后有684份回复符合研究要求。研究人群的平均年龄（标准差）为31.01（7.79）岁。大多数参与者报告称，他们没有与患有心理健康问题的人一起生活（76.6%）、工作（75.7%）、住在附近（66.4%）或成为亲密朋友（79.8%）。然而，大多数人对与精神疾病患者一起生活（48.5%）、工作（38%）和住在附近（42.7%）既不赞同也不反对，但大多数人强烈赞同与有心理健康问题的朋友继续保持关系（34.5%）。参与者中有77.5%为男性，32.2%为医护人员。关于预期行为，医护人员与非医护人员之间以及男性与女性之间存在显著差异。之前与精神疾病患者有过互动的参与者更愿意再次互动。
大多数人不打算对精神疾病患者表现出歧视行为。医护人员和男性在生活的不同领域对精神疾病患者的负面社会反应较少。然而，仍有必要加强心理健康意识。
