A Structural Barrier to Healthcare: Stigma of Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders Among Health Care Workers
| Autor: | İ.G. Yilmaz-Karaman, T. Gündüz, G. Güleç |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | European Psychiatry, Vol 65, Pp S826-S827 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0924-9338 1778-3585 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2140 |
| Popis: | Introduction Individuals with substance use disorders are considered unpredictable and violent by the public. Besides, health care workers (HCW) may have negative attitudes towards them, despite their knowledge about addiction; which is related to lower quality of care. In Turkey, addiction service users are predominantly male, over ninety percent; while women make up a large percentage of psychiatrists. Objectives The present study aims to evaluate if the HCWs level of stigma towards individuals with substance use disorder changes due to gender and mental health sector experience of the HCWs. Methods Within an online survey, participant HCWs answered Attitudes Towards Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Scale, Substance Addiction Stigmatization Scale, Alcohol Addiction Stigmatization Scale; in addition to sociodemographic questions. Results Three hundred ninety-eight HCWs were included in the analyses. 22.7% of them (n=91) were recruited in mental health sector. Mental health care workers had lower levels of stigma towards individuals with alcohol use disorders (14.78 vs 16.21, p=0.048) and substance use disorders (14.21 vs 20.09, p |
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