Attitude towards Mental Illness among General Public: A Descriptive Survey

著者

  • Vijayrani - M ASST PROFESSOR ESIC COLLEGE OF NURSING INDIRANAGAR BANGALORE
  • G Balamurgan

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Attitude、 opinion、 public、 mental illness and survey

要旨

 AbstractAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), “it is estimated that globally 450 millionpeople suffer from mental disorders”[1]. Among Indian population, the estimated prevalenceof mental disorders is found to be 5.8% [1]. The objectives of the present study were to assessthe quality of attitude towards mental illness and to identify the association between theselected sociodemographic variables and the quality of attitude. Total sample size was 30.Convenient sampling technique was used. A sociodemographic tool and an attitude scale ofLikert type which consisted of 20 items constructed by the investigator was used. Mean scoreof attitude of the general public was 57.43, which represents the neutral attitude with standarddeviation of 13.441. The present study showed that only 10% of the general public possessedthe negative attitude and 43% had neutral attitude.Keywords: Attitude, opinion, public, mental illness, survey

著者略歴

  • Vijayrani - M、 ASST PROFESSOR ESIC COLLEGE OF NURSING INDIRANAGAR BANGALORE
    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MENTAL HEALTH NURSING ESIC COLLEGE OF NURSING

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2017-06-03

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巻 7 号 1 (2017)

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Research Articles

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