Prevalence and associated factors for perceived stigma among caregivers of patients with mental illness in Ethiopia: A national based systematic review and meta-analysis.

Asalfew Damtew Wolde, Gezahegn Eshetu Mamed, Abubeker Alebachew Seid, Eshetu Chekole Tadesse, Aragaw Asfaw Hasen

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Asalfew Damtew WoldeDepartment of Psychology, College of Social Science and Humanity, Samara University, Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1609-1379

Gezahegn Eshetu MamedDepartment of Psychology, College of Social Science and Humanity, Samara University, Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.

Abubeker Alebachew SeidDepartment of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Samara University, Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9171-3211

Eshetu Chekole TadesseDepartment of Psychology, College of Social Science and Humanity, Samara University, Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.

Aragaw Asfaw HasenDepartment of Statistics, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Samara University, Semera, Afar, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6556-805X

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This study planned to assess the prevalence and associated factor of perceived stigma among caregiver of patient with mental illness in Ethiopia. The Design of this study is a systematic review and meta-analysis. We searched from database PubMed, Google Scholar, and CINAHL and studies available from inception to August 2024. The quality of eligible studies was assessed using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). A DerSimonian-Laird random-effects meta-analysis was used to estimate the pooled effect size of the outcome measures with their 95% CI. Stata version 14.0 (StataCorp, College Station, Texas, USA) was used for statistical analysis. A total of five studies reported the prevalence of perceived stigma among caregivers of patients with mental illness. The pooled prevalence of perceived stigma was 65% (95% CI: 41%-88%), with high heterogeneity (

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PMID41179523

DOI10.1177/22799036251385275

PMCPMC12575948

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