Investigation on the attitude of non-psychiatric nurses to mental illness patients in general hospitals
Abstract：Objective:To understand the discrimination status quo of psychiatric patients by non-psychiatric nurses,and to explore the influencing factors.Methods:A questionnaire survey was conducted among 470 non-psychiatric nurses of a grade A tertiary general hospital according to General Information Questionnaire,Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire and Discrimination against Patients with Mental Illness Assessment Scale.Results:The scores of isolation dimension,risk dimension,ability dimension and discrimination of the non-psychiatric nurses were higher than those of the norm (P<0.001).The influencing factor of discrimination scale total score was the degree of mental health knowledge,whether to participate in the mental/psychological knowledge lectures.Conclusion:Non-psychiatric nurses in general hospitals had a higher degree of discrimination against patients with mental illness.The higher the scores of mental health knowledge questionnaires,the more mental/psychological knowledge lectures attended,the lower the degree of discrimination against patients with mental illness.
Keywords：discriminatory attitudemental illnessnursenon-psychiatrygeneral hospital
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 1921-1924 )