Table 3 Comparison of the stigma sheet across residents and house officers
Stigma sheet items | Resident (nĀ =ā150)(no/frequency) | House officer (nĀ =ā201)(no/frequency) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Source of information | None | 8(5.3%) | 10(5%) | 0.3 |
One source | 87(58%) | 101(50.5%) | ||
More than one | 55(36.7%) | 89(44.5%) | ||
Ever treated psychiatric | Yes | 68(45.6%) | 31(15.5%) | 0.00* |
Patient | No | 81(54.4%) | 169(84.5%) | |
FH of psychiatric illness | Yes | 29(19.5%) | 43(21.5%) | 0.6 |
No | 120(80.5%) | 157 (78.5%) | ||
PH of psychiatric illness | Yes | 40(26.7%) | 40(20%) | 0.1 |
No | 110(73.3%) | 160(80%) | ||
Close person with psychiatric illness | Yes | 59(39.3%) | 80(40%) | 0.9 |
No | 91(60.7%) | 120(60%) | ||
Psychiatric illness is treatable disease | Yes | 121(80.7%) | 166(83.4%) | 0.5 |
No | 29(19.3%) | 33(16.6%) | ||
Defect in psychiatric knowledge | Yes | 143(95.3%) | 184(92.5%) | 0.2 |
No | 7(4.7%) | 15(7.5%) | ||
Manage defect of knowledge | Postgraduate | 17(12.1%) | 14(7.7%) | 0.4 |
Undergraduate | 20(14.3%) | 28(15.4%) | ||
Both | 103(73.6%) | 140(76.9%) | ||
Perceive psychiatry as specialty | Medical disease | 132(89.2%) | 161(82.1%) | 0.05 |
Just talk | 11(7.4%) | 31(15.8%) | ||
Do not believe | 5(3.4%) | 4(2%) | ||