ArticlePloS one2019
Validation of the Opening Minds Scale and patterns of stigma in Chilean primary health care.
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Reducing Stigma Toward Mental Illness and Substance Use Issues in Primary Health Care in Chile: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Examining psychometric properties of the Sinhala version of the 'Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers' to measure stigma towards mental illness using confirmatory factor analysis.BMC research notes · 2025Article
- Assessment of clinician well-being and the factors that influence it using validated questionnaires: a systematic review.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Assessing the psychological wellbeing and resilience of frontline health workers in Uganda: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Psychometric properties and validation of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers in Slovenia.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The stigma towards mental illness: Portuguese validation of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC).Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Assessing Stigma towards Mental Illness in Relation to Demographics Attitudes and Past Experiences among Pharmacy Students in a Jordanian University Sample.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Validation of the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC): Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Psychometric properties of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers in 32 European countries - A bifactor ESEM representation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Understanding Users' Perspectives of Psychosocial Mechanisms Underpinning Peer Support Work in Chile.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- Stigma towards mental illness and help-seeking behaviors among adult and child psychiatrists in Hungary: A cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC).BMC psychology · 2021Article
- Factor structure of The Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers and psychometric properties of its Hungarian version.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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11 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
objectivesStigma toward people with mental health problems (MHP) in primary health care (PHC) settings is an important public health challenge. Research on stigma toward MHP is relatively scarce in Chile and Latin America, as are instruments to measure stigma that are validated for use there. The present study aims to validate the Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Professionals (OMS-HC) among staff and providers in public Chilean PHC clinics, and examine differences in stigma by sociodemographic characteristics.
methods803 participants from 34 PHC clinics answered a self-administered questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis was completed. Average 15-item OMS-HC scores were calculated, and means were compared via t-test or ANOVA to identify group differences. Correlations of OMS-HC scores with other commonly used stigma scores were calculated to evaluate construct validity.
resultsThe 3-factor OMS-HC structure was confirmed in this population. The average OMS-HC (α = 0.69) score was 34.55 (theoretical range 15-75). Significantly lower (less stigmatizing) mean OMS-HC scores were found in those with additional training and/or personal experience with MHP.
conclusionThe validated, Spanish version of OMS-HC can be of use to further research stigma toward MHP in Chile and Latin America, advancing awareness and inspiring interventions to reduce stigma in the future.
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