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... there is no statistically significant difference between the mean MBSDS of the public and health workers; t = 0.08, df = 252, p = 0.05. Table 3 shows the distribution of the subjects' responses to the question about familiarity with mental illness and the mentally ill. 87.8%reported that they are familiar with mental illness and the mentally ill. ...Context 2
... there is no statistically significant difference between the mean MBSDS of the public and health workers; t = 0.08, df = 252, p = 0.05. Table 3 shows the distribution of the subjects' responses to the question about familiarity with mental illness and the mentally ill. 87.8%reported that they are familiar with mental illness and the mentally ill. ...Similar publications
Introduction
The aim of the present study was i) to quantify the awareness about common mental health problem, ii) to assess attitude of community members and healthcare providers towards mental health patients and identify the factors contributing to their stigma and iii) to assess perception of health care providers about National Mental Health P...
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... 24 In Nigeria, social distance towards people with mental illness have been reported among secondary school students, 25 undergraduate students, 26 lay public, 27 health workers, and relatives of patients with mental illness. 28,29 However, no study in Nigeria has assessed the attitudes of pharmacy students towards people with mental illness. Pharmacy students are future healthcare providers; measuring their social distance towards mental illness might uncover educational opportunities necessary to improve the care of patients with mental illness. ...
Objectives:
To evaluate the level of social distance towards people with mental illness among pharmacy students in a Nigerian university and to explore its associated factors.
Methods:
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 433 pharmacy students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The 8-item Social Distance Scale was used to assess an individuals' avoidance reaction directed towards people with mental disorder. Descriptive statistics, Student's t test, and multivariate logistic regression were used for data analysis.
Results:
Overall, the students demonstrated a low social distance towards people with mental illness. Lower social distance towards people with mental disorder was associated with younger students (p = 0.006) and students who have had contact with a person with mental illness (p = 0.026), who have visited a mental hospital (p = 0.019), who have experienced mental illness (p = 0.028), and who know a family member or friend with mental illness (p = 0.015). Independent predictors for high social distance towards people with mental illness were age of ≥25 years (odds ratio = 1.488, p = 0.046) and no prior visit to a mental hospital (odds ratio = 2.676, p = 0.016).
Conclusion:
Our pharmacy students had a low social distance towards people with mental illness. Predictors for the low social distance were younger age and previous visits to a mental hospital. We recommend more robust educational and training programme, and increased exposure to clinical clerkship in psychiatry to improve social distance towards people with mental illness among pharmacy students.
... Distribution of frequencies of participants based on psychiatric illness variables and mars scores. N = 111.patients to their illness as well as approach towards resolving their health challenges[17] [18]. Studies show that stigma is the major reason why sufferers of mental illness fail to acknowledge their illness and is the underlying factor militating against the social reintegration of those recovering from mental illness and that stigmatizing attitudes cut across culture[19] [20][21]. ...
Background: The consequences of non-adherence to prescribed medications by psychiatric patients for both patients and the health care system are myriad and grave. Aim: The study was designed to ascertain the prevalence of medication non-adherence among psychiatric patients and identify factors that aid this malady. Methods: This prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out within a 4 month period at the out-patient psychiatric clinic of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital; using the Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS) and a self designed questionnaire containing socio-demographic and psychiatric illness variables. Results: A total number of 111 patients who participated in the study were analyzed. The cohort comprises 22 (19.8%) schizophrenics, 38 (34.2%) mood disorder patients, 24 (21.6%) anxiety disorder patients, 10 (9.0%) patients suffering from substance abuse and 17 (15.3%) with other psychiatric diagnoses (somatoform and personality disorders). Most of the patients were male (53; 47.7%), aged between 21 - 30 yrs (44; 39.6%), unemployed (38; 34.2%), as single (58; 52.3%). The prevalence of non-adherence to medications among the cohort studied is 39.6%. There was a significant association between consistency in taking one’s medications and MARS scores but none between socio-demographic variables and MARS score. Conclusion: The rate of medication non adherence among the subjects in this study was 39.6%. The three most important reasons reported for this behaviour include: Feeling that they had recovered from their illness and hence have been cured, belief that their illness was of a spiritual origin and hence would not be amenable to orthodox medicine and the side effects of the medications. Non adherence to medication increases the risk of psychiatric morbidity and mortality and efforts at curbing this trend must be eclectic.
