Research Article
Attitude towards Mental Illness among Primary Healthcare Providers: A Community-Based Study in Rural China
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of PHC providers in two sample counties.
| | Demographic Variable | Freq. (%) | χ2/t | P | Liu Cheng
(N=158) | Liu Jiang
(N=133) |
| | Sex | | | | | | Male | 82(51.9%) | 88(66.2%) | 6.051 | 0.014 | | Female | 76(48.1%) | 45(33.8%) | | | | Age | 45.06±14.18 | 44.08±11.47 | 0.657 | 0.512 | | Education | | | | | | Junior high school or below | 43(27.2%) | 19(14.3%) | 14.736 | 0.002 | | Senior high school | 73(46.2%) | 90(67.7%) | | | | Junior college | 32(20.3%) | 19(14.3%) | | | | College or above | 10(6.3%) | 4(3.0%) | | | | Job Title | | | | | | No title | 113(71.5%) | 100(75.2%) | 0.512 | 0.774 | | Primary | 36(22.8%) | 26(19.5%) | | | | Intermediate or above | 9(5.7%) | 7(5.3%) | | | | Years of Work | | | | | | Less than 10 years | 40(25.3%) | 32(24.1%) | 3.928 | 0.269 | | 11~20 years | 41(25.9%) | 46(34.6%) | | | | 21~30 years | 30(19.0%) | 26(19.5%) | | | | More than 30 years | 44(27.8%) | 26(19.5%) | | | | Major | | | | | | Clinical Medicine | 82(51.9%) | 79(59.4%) | 6.511 | 0.089 | | Traditional Chinese medicine | 14(8.9%) | 7(5.3%) | | | | Preventive medicine | 21(13.3%) | 26(19.5%) | | | | Others | 36(22.8%) | 19(14.3%) | | | | Monthly Income | | | | | | Less than 1000RMB | 97(61.4%) | 46(34.6%) | 42.221 | <0.001 | | 1001~2000 RMB | 54(34.2%) | 49(36.8%) | | | | 2001~3000 RMB | 3(1.9%) | 25(18.8%) | | | | More than 3000 RMB | 2(1.3%) | 13(9.8%) | | | | Willing to provide mental health services | | | | | | Yes | 126(79.7%) | 125(94.0%) | 10.977 | 0.001 | | No | 28(17.7%) | 7(5.3%) | | |
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