Patients' insight and felt stigma among psychiatric patients

Autor:	Abeer Elsayed Berma, Amal Sobhy Mahmoud
Rok vydání:	2016
Předmět:	Research design medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Stigma (botany) 030227 psychiatry Out patients 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Rural area Psychiatry business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Psychotic illness
Zdroj:	IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science. :20-27
ISSN:	2320-1959 2320-1940
DOI:	10.9790/1959-0504012027
Popis:	Aim: Was to explore the relationship between insight and felt stigma among psychiatric patients. Methods: The research design was descriptive explorative study. The study was carried out in inpatients units and out patients' clinic of Port-Said Psychiatric health hospital, Egypt. A convenient sample of 130 patients from pervious mentioned setting. The tools that are used for data collection were: Birchwood Insight Scale, Felt Stigma Scale, socio-demographic questionnaire and clinical data interview schedule. Results: The results revealed that, there was a statistically significant relation between patients' diagnosis and insight. The results showed statistically significant relation between patients' insight and its stigma. Psychotic illness contributes to poor insight and high stigma in most schizophrenic patients. Conclusion: The study concluded that psychotic illness contributes to poor insight and high stigma in most schizophrenic patients. Single patients with previous admission to hospital, living in rural area, all contribute to poor insight in Psychiatric patients.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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