scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude about mental illness among nursing students

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
MR Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Introduction: Although recent advances in psychiatry have increased our understanding of psychiatric disorders, many people may be unaware about mental illness and its treatment. The negative attitude is known hindrance to providing quality service to mental ill people. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude about mental illness among nursing students. Method: The study was carried out in mental hospital, Lagankhel, Nepal. All one hundred eight nursing students posted for psychiatric posting for two weeks formed the study population. A structured standard questionnaire was supplied to the students at the first day of posting for their responses. Results: It was a purposive, descriptive study with 108 respondents of age group 15-20 (85.1%). The study revealed that 97.2% of the respondents thought that all mentally ill patients are not mad. The majority had showed their knowledge about cause of mental illness as genetic (78.6%) and biochemical disturbances (97.2%). Respondents expressed their faith in psychiatrist (96.3%) but less in faith healers (19.4%). Conclusion: This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and by large a positive attitude towards mentally ill people among the nursing students. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jpan.v2i1.8573 J Psychiatrists’ Association of Nepal Vol .2, No.1, 2013 35-38

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding mental illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Gurung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Although recent advances in psychiatry have increased our understanding towards psychiatric disorders, many people are unaware about mental illness and its treatment. The negative attitude is known hindrance of providing quality service to mental ill people. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude about mental illness among nurses. The study was carried out in chitwan medical college, Bharatpur, Nepal. One hundred nurses working in different departments were the study population. A structured questionnaire was provided to the nurses for their responses. It was a purposive, descrip­tive study with 100 respondents of more than 2 years clinical experience. Almost all (99%) respondents mentioned that not all mentally ill are mad. Majority mentioned biochemical disturbances (99%) and genetic (51%) as cause of mental illness respectively. Respondents expressed their faith in psychiatrist (86%) in faith healers. This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards mentally ill people among the nurses. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v4i2.10863 Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2014; 4(2): 40-43

A Descriptive Study to Assess the Mental Health Literacy among the Nursing Students (18-20 Years of) in the Selected College at Puducherry

2021 ◽  
pp. 383-384
Author(s):  
Suvitha S. ◽  
Rama E. ◽  
Raviranjan T. ◽  
Ranjini K.
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge

A descriptive study to assess the Mental Health Literacy among the Nursing students (18-20 years of) in the selected college at Puducherry. The objectives of the study was to assess the mental health literacy among the Nursing students. The research approach selected for the study was quantitative research approach and descriptive research design. The study was conducted at MTPG&RIHS at Puducherry. Total 100 B.Sc. Nursing Students who completed the subject mental health nursing were selected based on Non-probability convenient sampling. The researcher used standardized tool, Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) data collection. The findings of the study revealed that 82% of samples had moderate level of knowledge on Mental Health Literacy, 18% of samples had adequate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and none of the samples had inadequate knowledge regarding Mental Health Literacy. Regarding knowledge, out of 100 samples, 82% of subjects are belongs to moderate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and Mental illness. Remaining 18% had adequate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and Mental Illness none of the samples had inadequate knowledge about the Mental Health Literacy and Mental Illness.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG NURSING STAFF

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (145) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod M. Shyangwa ◽  
S Singh ◽  
S K Khandelwal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

ABSTRACTThe magnitude of mental health problem is cosiderable. However the attitude of the general public towardsmental illness and mentally ill people is largely negative. Perception and knowledge of the nursing staff onthis topic is important as they directly deal with patients and their relatives, and they are also involved indisseminating health information. A negative attitude is known hindrance to providing quality service tomentally or physically ill persons. This study, therefore, carried out among nursing staff at B. P. KoiralaInstitute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) a tertiary care center in Nepal, aims to find out nurses’ knowledgeand attitude about mental illness.It is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with 110 respondents, who were predominantly females (97.27%)and young (mean age=25.7year). The study revealed some interesting findings as many of the participantsthought mentally ill people are ‘ insane’ (37.5%). The majority had showed their knowledge about causes ofmental illness as genetic or inherited (65.4%) and biochemical disturbances (90.0%). About three fourthwere ready to work together (71.8%) and chat with them (91.8%). Respondents expressed their faith inpsychiatrists (93.5%) but less in faith healers (3.0%). The vast majority had obtained information aboutmental illness from ‘seeing mentally ill persons’ (94.0%) followed by communication with medical personnel(84.5%). This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and by and large a positive attitude.Key Words: Mental health, nurses, knowledge, attitude, Nepal.

Can employment in a café change Clientele Attitude towards the staff when they are Persons with Mental Illness?

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402199006
Author(s):  
Sailaxmi - Gandhi ◽  
Sangeetha Jayaraman ◽  
Thanapal Sivakumar ◽  
Annie P John ◽  
Anoop Joseph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Clientele’s attitude toward Persons with Mental Illness (PwMI) changes over a period of time. The aim of this study was to explore and understand how and whether perception about PwMI changes when they are seen working like persons without mental illness among those availing services of ROSes café at NIMHANS, Bengaluru. Methods: The descriptive research design was adopted with purposive sampling. Community Attitude toward Mentally Ill (CAMI) a self -administered questionnaire of was administered to measure the clientele attitude towards staff with mental illness in ROSes Café (Recovery Oriented Services). A total of 256 subjects availing services from the ROSes café recruited in the study. Chi-square and Mann–Whitney U test was computed to see the association and differences on selected variables. Results: The present study results showed that subjects had a positive attitude seen in health care professionals in the domains of benevolence (BE) (28.68 ± 3.00) and community mental health ideology (CMHI) (31.53 ± 3.19), whereas non-health care professionals had showed negative attitude in the domain of authoritarianism (AU) (30.54 ± 3.42) and social restrictiveness (SR) (30.18 ± 3.05). Education, employment, marital, income, and working status were significantly associated with CAMI domains. Conclusion: PwMI also can work like people without mental illness when the opportunities are provided. The community needs to regard mental illness in the same manner as chronic physical illness diabetes mellitus and allow PwMI to live a life of dignity by creating and offering opportunities to earn livelihood which would help them recover with their illnesses.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students toward Electroconvulsive Therapy

2017 ◽  
Vol 08 (S 01) ◽  
pp. S007-S012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitasha Sharma ◽  
Sandhya Ghai ◽  
Sandeep Grover
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Electroconvulsive Therapy ◽  
Mechanism Of Action ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Treatment Modalities ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

ABSTRACT Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the commonly used treatment modalities for patients with severe mental disorders. However, acceptance of ECT by the patient and relatives often depends on how the health-care professionals themselves present the treatment modality to the patients and their relatives. There is a lack of information about the knowledge and attitude toward ECT among health professionals. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge about and attitude toward ECT among nursing students. Methodology: Knowledge of and attitudes toward ECT among nursing students were assessed using ECT knowledge and attitude questionnaires. Results: The study included 183 nursing students. Majority (n = 62; 60.8%) of the participants obtained information about ECT from media (movies, television, print media, etc.). None of the students had full knowledge about ECT. Although a significant proportion of students had knowledge about the ECT procedure and consent procedure, majority of them had poor knowledge about the effectiveness, mechanism of action, indications, and side effects of ECT. Negative attitudes were also highly prevalent, with more than two-thirds of the participants having negative attitudes toward ECT on more than half of the attitude items of the scale. Total knowledge score positively correlated with total attitude score, suggesting that higher knowledge was associated with more positive attitude. Conclusions: Although nursing students have knowledge about basic ECT procedure and consent, they lack knowledge about the effectiveness, mechanism of action, indications, and side effects of ECT. Negative attitude toward ECT is also highly prevalent among nursing students. Accordingly, there is a need to improve the knowledge and address the negative attitude of nursing students, which may ultimately lead to better acceptance of the treatment.

scholarly journals Attitudes toward mentally ill patients: a comparison between Romanian and International Medical Students

2017 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-406
Author(s):  
Codruta Alina Popescu ◽  
Anca Dana Buzoianu ◽  
Soimita Mihaela Suciu ◽  
Sebastian Mihai Armean
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Future Health ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes

Background. Stigmatizing attitudes to mental illness, and especially schizophrenia, are not limited to the general population but are also common among health professionals. Health professionals are in a position to model health related attitudes both in the general public and patients. Medical students are an interesting group to focus upon, since they are future health professionals and correcting stigmatizing attitudes is still possible during their educational curriculum.Methods. This study investigated the attitude toward mental illness in medical students at the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy. We surveyed first year students, since they have not yet received specific classes or internships in psychiatry; 322 students from the Romanian and English sections participated, representing a response rate of 94.7%. The questionnaire consisted of the Romanian and English versions of Link's Social Distance Scale towards people with mental illness scale.Results. Overall, medical students had a relatively negative attitude towards people with mental illness, with moderate social distance and stereotypical attitudes. The level of personal contact with people with mental illness was correlated with positive attitudes. International students had scored lower then Romanian students on social distance toward mentally ill patients.Conclusions. Medical education can play an important role in the attitudes of students toward mental illness. Medical students have stigmatizing attitudes about mentally ill patients. Personal contact with people suffering from mental illness might contribute to a positive attitude from the medical students toward mentally ill patients.

scholarly journals Life style associated risk factors in teenage students, in Miraj town: a cross sectional descriptive study

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 2830
Author(s):  
Ganesh S. Lokhande ◽  
Sachin B. Jadhav ◽  
Shekhar S. Rajderkar ◽  
Yogita G. Bavaskar
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Junior Colleges ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Group 13 ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Associated Risk Factors

Background: The transition from childhood to adulthood may be referred to as ‘adolescence’ or ‘teenage’. Adolescence is not only a time of opportunity but also of vulnerability to risky behavior, which can have life-long consequences, especially on education, career and various aspects of health. Behavior patterns that influence health in adulthood have their origin in adolescence. Considering such factors, the present study had been undertaken with the objectives to study dietary habits and nutritional status of study population, to study knowledge, attitude & practices of study population regarding risk factors and to study the significant behavioral deviation including drug abuse.Methods: Cross sectional, descriptive study was being conducted in selected High schools and Junior Colleges in the Miraj town. The method of data collection was the pre-designed, pre-tested proforma. The data was analyzed by using SPSS.Results: Overall prevalence of under-nutrition was 49.83%. Prevalence of overweight and obesity was 3.68% and 1.49% respectively. Overall prevalence of overweight and obesity was more in participants with habit of eating outside home. Various forms of tobacco, alcohol and pan masala were used by 58.9% of the family members / friends / peer groups of the study participants.Conclusions: The students of age group 18-19 year were more likely to have risk taking behavior than students of age-group 13-17 year. 

scholarly journals Profil moluskum kontagiosum di Poliklinik Kulit dan Kelamin RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado periode Januari 2013-Desember 2015

e-CliniC ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadya Runtuwene ◽  
Nurdjannah Niode ◽  
Thigita Pandaleke
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Outpatient Clinic ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Molluscum Contagiosum ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Indirect Contact ◽  
The World ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Infection Disease

Abstract: Molluscum contagiosum is an infection disease of the skin caused by Molluscipox virus. This disease is transmitted through direct and indirect contact, such as the use of personal goods together. This disease primarily affects children and actively sexual adult. The world highest prevalence of mollucum contagiosum was reported in East Afrika, as much as 52%. In Indonesia, the prevalence is high, around 40.4% of all skin diseases. This is a descriptive study, with the retrospective approach. The aim of this study is to investigate the prevalence of molluscum contagiosum. The study population is all new patients who come to the outpatient clinic of dermatology and venereology Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital, Manado. The study sample is all new patients diagnosed with molluscum contagiosum. This study found that, from 2013-2015 periods, a total of 60 patients (1.66%) were diagnosed with molluscum contagiosum. This infection is likely to be found in men (31 patients; 51.7%), 5-14 years old age group (38; 63.3%), and students (29 patients; 48.3%). The location is likely to be in a combination of facial, thorax, and extremities (34 patients: 56.7%). Most of the patients were treated with curettage (56 patients; 93.3%). Based on the study findings, the author suggested to give education to the general public, especially the parents, so the curative, preventive, and promotive efforts can be done well.Keywords: molluscum contagiosum, children, curettage Abstrak: Moluskum kontagiosum adalah sebuah penyakit infeksi kulit yang disebabkan oleh virus Molluscipox. Penularannya dapat melalui kontak langsung dan tidak langsung seperti pemakaian alat-alat pribadi bersama. Penyakit ini terutama menyerang anak-anak dan dewasa dengan aktivitas seksual aktif. Di dunia prevalensi moluskum tertinggi terdapat di Afrika Timur sebesar 52%. Di Indonesia prevalensi moluskum kontagiosum tergolong tinggi, yaitu sebesar 40,4% dari penyakit kulit lain. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif dengan cara retrospektif yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil moluskum kontagiosum. Populasi pada penelitian adalah seluruh data pasien baru yang berobat di poliklinik kulit dan kelamin RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado, sampel yang diambil adalah semua pasien baru yang didiagnosis moluskum kontagiosum. Dari hasil penelitian tahun 2013-2015 didapatkan total pasien moluskum 60 (1,66%), terbanyak pada laki-laki 31 (51,7%) pasien, usia 5-14 tahun kelompok umur terbanyak 38 (63,3%) pasien, terbanyak di kalangan pelajar 29 (48,3%) pasien, lokasi kombinasi dari fasial, thoraks, dan ekstremitas paling banyak terkena dengan jumlah 34 (56,7%) pasien, dan terapi yang sering digunakan yaitu kuretase yaitu 56 (93,3%) pasien. Dari hasil yang ditemukan salah satu saran adalah dengan memberikan edukasi pada masyarakat luas, terutama pada orang tua agar upaya kuratif, preventif, dan promotif, dapat terlaksana dengan baik. Kata kunci: moluskum kontagiosum, penyakit infeksi kulit, kuretase

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude among Nyamagana Community Members towards Mental illness, Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Peter Mvandal ◽  
Kudra Mponzi ◽  
Rosemary Mushi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Knowledge and attitude towards mental illness play major role in the recognition, management, sociocultural factors and health seeking behavior among those with mental disorders. The study aim was to determine the knowledge and attitude among Nyamagana community members towards mental illness, Tanzania; A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study involving 384 participants from sample population aged 18 years and above who were mentally health and semi-structured questionnaires was used to collect data. The results 110 (28.8%) respondents have good knowledge toward mental illness, about 292(76%) have negative attitude towards mentally ill people, 92(24%) respondents have positive attitude toward people who are mentally ill. More over about 318 (82.9%) respondents agreed that care and support of family and friends, could help people with mental illness to get rehabilitation while 66(17.1%) respondents disagreed on the care and support of the family and friends could help mentally ill people to get rehabilitation; The findings show most have poor knowledge and negative attitudes towards people with mental illness and may impair their social reintegration in the community. There’s need to develop strategies to enlighten the public regarding nature of mental illness so as to foster acceptance of people with mental illness by the community members.

scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) in Tuberculosis patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 2280-2285
Author(s):  
Akash S Wallepure ◽  
Salin Sebastian ◽  
Sradha S Thomas ◽  
Nishant Khatiwada ◽  
Divya Mol E C ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Weak Positive Correlation ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Airborne Disease ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious airborne disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that primarily affects the lungs. TB is a significant and major public health emergency globally. According to the WHO Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, 10 million people developed TB disease in the year 2019. The main objective of the study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice in TB patients. The study also reveals the association between KAP and the demographics of the subjects. An observational study was employed to collect data from a total of 71 subjects. Both quantitative and qualitative statistical analysis were adopted. From the findings, the mean age of the study population was 45.5 ± 13.96 years. Over 15.50% of subjects appeared to have adequate knowledge, 87.33% of subjects had a fair attitude, and around 58% of subjects were reported to have good practices towards TB. A weak positive correlation between knowledge and attitude (p = 0.051), weak positive correlation between knowledge and practice (p = 0.138) whereas, a significant and moderately positive correlation between attitude and practice (p = 0.002) was observed. The mean knowledge scores of graduates and post-graduates were higher in comparison with other study subjects. The study findings showed that the majority of subjects had several misconceptions about TB and hence prioritized interventions and more awareness programs at the root levels are needed to aid TB control and eradication.

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