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Table 1 Comparison of the MICA-4 questions across residents and house officers

From: Investigating stigma attitudes towards people with mental illness among residents and house officers: an Egyptian study

16 Questions

Resident (nĀ =ā€‰150)

(no/frequency)

House Officer (nĀ =ā€‰201)

(no/frequency)

P value

Q1

No additional reading

Agree

101(67.8%)

129 (64.5%)

0.5

Disagree

48 (32.2%)

71 (35.5%)

Q2

Patient never recover to have good quality of life

Agree

83(55.7%)

87 (43.5%)

0.02*

Disagree

66(44.3%)

113(56.5%)

Q3

Working in mental health is respectable

Agree

146(98%)

189(95%)

0.1

Disagree

3(2%)

10(5%)

Q4

Never admit self-mental illness to friends

Agree

100(66.7%)

128(64%)

0.6

Disagree

50 (33.3%)

72(36%)

Q5

Mentally ill are dangerous

Agree

112(74.7%)

145 (72.5%)

0.6

Disagree

38(25.3%)

55(27.5%)

Q6

Staff know more than family about mental patients

Agree

122(81.3%)

165(82.5%)

0.7

Disagree

28(18.7%)

35(17.5%)

Q7

Never admit self-mental illness to colleagues

Agree

112(74.7%)

154(77%)

0.6

Disagree

38(25.3%)

46 (23%)

Q8

Staff arenā€™t real health professionals

Agree

75(50.3%)

91(45.7%)

0.3

Disagree

74(49.7%)

108(54.3%)

Q9

Not following senior for mistreating mentally ill

Agree

132(88%)

164(82%)

0.1

Disagree

18(12%)

36(18%)

Q10

Comfortably talking to mentally ill

Agree

60(40%)

97(48.5%)

0.1

Disagree

90(60%)

103(51.5%)

Q11

Ensure that physical health is assessed for mentally ill

Agree

146(97.3%)

183(92%)

0.03*

Disagree

4(2.7%)

16(8%)

Q12

Public does not need to be protected from mentally ill

Agree

49(32.7%)

56(28%)

0.3

Disagree

101 (67.3%)

144(72%)

Q13

Attributing physical complaints to mental illness

Agree

30(20%)

63(31.7%)

0.01*

Disagree

120(80%)

136(68.3%)

Q14

General practitioners should not continue an assessment of psychiatric patient

Agree

86(57.3%)

103(51.5%)

0.2

Disagree

64(42.7%)

97(48.5%)

Q15

Using terms of crazy, nutter, and mad to describe people of mental illness

Agree

29(19.3%)

38(19%)

0.9

Disagree

121(80.7%)

162(81%)

Q16

Still want to work with a colleague with mental illness)

Agree

127(84.7%)

179(89.5)

0.1

Disagree

23(15.3%)

21(10.5%)

MICA total score (meanā€‰Ā±ā€‰SD)

51.05ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.7

51.28ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.2

0.8

  1. *Pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰0.05 showing significant statistical difference