Perceived Stigma and Associated Factors among People with Schizophrenia at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Institution Based Study
Table 3
Proportion of perceived stigma response of participants () to each item at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, 2012.
Items
Strongly disagree
Disagree
agree
Strongly agree
1
Most people would be close friends with a person who once had severe mental illness.
22
267
116
6
2
Most people believe that a person who has severe mental illness is just as intelligent as anyone else.
23
280
106
2
3
Most people believe that a person who has been treated for severe mental illness is just as trustworthy as anyone else.
12
246
151
2
4
Most people would accept a person who has had severe mental illness as a teacher in a school.
24
297
81
9
5
Most people believe that receiving treatment for severe mental illness is a sign of personal failure.
3
101
291
16
6
Most people will not hire a person who has been hospitalized for severe mental illness to take care of their children, even if he or she had been well for some time.
3
174
214
20
7
Most people think less of a person who has been treated for severe mental illness.
16
62
288
45
8
Most employers will hire a qualified person even if he or she has been treated for severe mental illness.
18
161
227
5
9
Most employers would prefer to hire someone who does not have a history of severe mental illness.
5
93
298
15
10
Most people I know would treat a person who has been treated for severe mental illness the same way they treat everyone else.
9
157
239
6
11
Most young women would be reluctant to date a man who has been treated for severe mental illness.
37
358
12
4
12
Most people think that a person who has been hospitalized for severe mental illness is dangerous and unpredictable.
