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ArticleBMC psychiatry2017

Risk factors of the stigma towards psychiatric patients among primary healthcare workers in China: a county study.

Yang Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Weijun Zhang, Xiaoyun Liang, Donghua Tian, Zhiyong Qu

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Article in BMC psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yang WangSchool of Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1010 W Nevada St, Champaign, 61801, IL, USA.
Xiaohua WangSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, China Institute of Health and Center for Behavioral Health, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai St, Beijing, 100875, China.
Weijun ZhangSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, China Institute of Health and Center for Behavioral Health, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai St, Beijing, 100875, China.
Xiaoyun LiangSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, China Institute of Health and Center for Behavioral Health, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai St, Beijing, 100875, China.
Donghua TianSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, China Institute of Health and Center for Behavioral Health, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai St, Beijing, 100875, China.
Zhiyong QuSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, China Institute of Health and Center for Behavioral Health, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai St, Beijing, 100875, China. qzy@bnu.edu.cn.
Beijing Normal University · CNUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAttitude towards psychiatric patients among healthcare workers has an impact on quality of medical care and rehabilitation of patients. In China, primary healthcare workers play an important role in mental health care, but little is known about the attitude of them towards psychiatric patients. This study aims to examine the risk factors associated with stigma among primary healthcare workers in West China.

methodsThis cross-sectional study randomly recruited 395 primary healthcare workers in Mianzhu County, China. Data were collected via self-reported questionnaires. Descriptive analyses, bivariate analyses, and hierarchical linear regressions were performed by SPSS 17.0 to test the factors that accounted for the variation of stigma towards psychiatric patients.

resultsSeveral risk factors were confirmed, including the satisfaction of income, work experience in psychiatric/ psychological departments, rehabilitation of patients, contact quality, and the attitude of mass media. However, demographic factors, the rest of work-related factors, and contact frequency might not be related with primary healthcare workers' attitude towards psychiatric patients.

conclusionsThe findings suggested that the quality of contact between primary healthcare workers and psychiatric patients be enhanced in order to decrease the stigma of healthcare staff. On-the-job training and institutional medical education needs a further exploration and development.

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Social StigmaAdultAttitude of Health PersonnelChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansInternal-External ControlMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedPatientsPrimary Health CareRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesMental healthPrimary healthcareStigma

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