Internalized stigma among patients with mood disorders in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional facility-based study

Autor: Elias Tesfaye, Benyam Worku, Eshetu Girma, Liyew Agenagnew
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Mental Health Systems, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1752-4458
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-020-00365-8
Popis: Abstract Background Information on the degree of internalized stigma experienced by patients with mood disorders in Ethiopia is limited. This study attempted to assess the levels of internalized stigma and factors associated with it in patients with mood disorders who were on follow-up as an outpatient in a Psychiatry clinic at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods A facility-based cross-sectional study employed, and a consecutive sampling technique was used to get study participants (235 cases with mood disorders). Internalized stigma of mental illness scale used to assess stigma of study subjects. The collected data were cleaned, checked for completeness, coded and entered into Epi-data version 3.1 data entry software and exported to SPSS version 20 statistical software for analysis. Univariate linear regression analysis was done to see the association between dependent and independent variables at P-value
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