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

Eissa, Abeer M.; Elhabiby, Mahmoud M.; El Serafi, Doha; Elrassas, Hanan H.; Shorub, Eman M.; El-Madani, Alaa A.

doi:10.1186/s43045-020-0019-2

Middle East Current Psychiatry

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 (n = 150) (no/frequency)	House Officer (n = 201) (no/frequency)	P value
Q1	No additional reading	Agree	101(67.8%)	129 (64.5%)	0.5
Q1	No additional reading	Disagree	48 (32.2%)	71 (35.5%)	0.5
Q2	Patient never recover to have good quality of life	Agree	83(55.7%)	87 (43.5%)	0.02*
Q2	Patient never recover to have good quality of life	Disagree	66(44.3%)	113(56.5%)	0.02*
Q3	Working in mental health is respectable	Agree	146(98%)	189(95%)	0.1
Q3	Working in mental health is respectable	Disagree	3(2%)	10(5%)	0.1
Q4	Never admit self-mental illness to friends	Agree	100(66.7%)	128(64%)	0.6
Q4	Never admit self-mental illness to friends	Disagree	50 (33.3%)	72(36%)	0.6
Q5	Mentally ill are dangerous	Agree	112(74.7%)	145 (72.5%)	0.6
Q5	Mentally ill are dangerous	Disagree	38(25.3%)	55(27.5%)	0.6
Q6	Staff know more than family about mental patients	Agree	122(81.3%)	165(82.5%)	0.7
Q6	Staff know more than family about mental patients	Disagree	28(18.7%)	35(17.5%)	0.7
Q7	Never admit self-mental illness to colleagues	Agree	112(74.7%)	154(77%)	0.6
Q7	Never admit self-mental illness to colleagues	Disagree	38(25.3%)	46 (23%)	0.6
Q8	Staff aren’t real health professionals	Agree	75(50.3%)	91(45.7%)	0.3
Q8	Staff aren’t real health professionals	Disagree	74(49.7%)	108(54.3%)	0.3
Q9	Not following senior for mistreating mentally ill	Agree	132(88%)	164(82%)	0.1
Q9	Not following senior for mistreating mentally ill	Disagree	18(12%)	36(18%)	0.1
Q10	Comfortably talking to mentally ill	Agree	60(40%)	97(48.5%)	0.1
Q10	Comfortably talking to mentally ill	Disagree	90(60%)	103(51.5%)	0.1
Q11	Ensure that physical health is assessed for mentally ill	Agree	146(97.3%)	183(92%)	0.03*
Q11	Ensure that physical health is assessed for mentally ill	Disagree	4(2.7%)	16(8%)	0.03*
Q12	Public does not need to be protected from mentally ill	Agree	49(32.7%)	56(28%)	0.3
Q12	Public does not need to be protected from mentally ill	Disagree	101 (67.3%)	144(72%)	0.3
Q13	Attributing physical complaints to mental illness	Agree	30(20%)	63(31.7%)	0.01*
Q13	Attributing physical complaints to mental illness	Disagree	120(80%)	136(68.3%)	0.01*
Q14	General practitioners should not continue an assessment of psychiatric patient	Agree	86(57.3%)	103(51.5%)	0.2
Q14		Disagree	64(42.7%)	97(48.5%)	0.2
Q15	Using terms of crazy, nutter, and mad to describe people of mental illness	Agree	29(19.3%)	38(19%)	0.9
Q15		Disagree	121(80.7%)	162(81%)	0.9
Q16	Still want to work with a colleague with mental illness)	Agree	127(84.7%)	179(89.5)	0.1
Q16	Still want to work with a colleague with mental illness)	Disagree	23(15.3%)	21(10.5%)	0.1
MICA total score (mean ± SD)			51.05 ± 8.7	51.28 ± 8.2	0.8

*P ≤ 0.05 showing significant statistical difference

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