Attitude towards Mental Illness among Primary Healthcare Providers: A Community-Based Study in Rural China
Table 2
The scores of PHC providers’ attitude towards mental illness.
Attitude subscales
Liucheng (n=158)
Liujiang (n=133)
Total (n=291)
(1) Mental illness is caused by biological factors
67.9±8.8
67.4±8.7
67.6±8.7
(2) Mental illness patients’ behaviors are violent and aggressive
69.4±9.2
69.9±8.1
69.6±8.7
(3) Mental illness is incurable
54.4±7.7
55.2±7.0
54.7±7.4
(4) Mental illness patients cannot contribute to society
64.6±7.0
63.2±6.8
63.9±6.9
(5) People should avoid Mental illness patients and their family members
54.5±8.2
55.3±8.6
54.9±8.4
(6) Mental illness patients’ social activities should be limited
60.5±10.3
58.4±8.7
59.6±9.6
Note: means and standard deviations in the table are the percentages of the answered scores divided by the total score of subscales (the total score of each subscale is 20). The higher the percentage of means, the more agreement with the statements of the subscale.
