FP related information.

<p>FP related information.</p

Factors associated with current family planning use.

<p>Factors associated with current family planning use.</p

Factor associated with optimum thermal care among home deliveries of Nepal, NDHS 2011.

<p>Hosmer and Lemeshow Goodness of Fit test: p = 0.981; Nagelkerke pseudo R square: 0.100.</p

Proportion (%) optimum thermal care among the children born in home, Nepal 2011 (N = 2464).

<p>The percentages presented for the thermal care are the weighted and cluster sampling adjusted percentage which differs from the crude percentage. The proportion of thermal care practice in each category are the row percent. The number of missing values may vary for each variable. # the number and percent reported are unweighted for the independent variables.</p

Thermal care practices among Nepalese Mothers (N = 2464).

<p>Thermal care practices among Nepalese Mothers (N =  2464).</p

Median score of items measuring perceived stigma.

<p>Median score of items measuring perceived stigma.</p

Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

<div><p>Background</p><p>Mental illness is stigmatized in most of the communities and people with such illness are often subjected to defame. Stigma impairs an individual’s and their caregiver’s physical, social and emotional wellbeing, and health-seeking behavior. Sufficient literature on how often the caregivers of people with mental illness from low and middle-income countries are stigmatized and how they perceive people with mental illness is unavailable. In this study, we examined caregivers’ attitude towards people with mental illness and perceived stigma.</p><p>Methods</p><p>We conducted face-to-face interviews with 170 caregivers in an outpatient clinic of a hospital in Nepal using a structured questionnaire. We calculated median and inter-quartile range of the attitude and perceived stigma scores. To assess the correlates, Kruskal Wallis H test and Mann Whitney U test were carried out.</p><p>Results</p><p>Overall median score for the domains: attitude (score range: 18–90) and perceived stigma (score range: 12–60) were 42 and 28 respectively, inter-quartile range being 8 each. Attitude score differed significantly by the sex of caregiver (p<0.05), educational status of caregiver (p<0.001), sex of patient (p<0.05) and type of mental illness (p<0.05). Perceived stigma score varied significantly by caregiver’s sex (p<0.05), marital status (p<0.001), educational status (p<0.001), occupation (p<0.05), relation with the patient (p<0.005) and use of alternative treatment modalities (p<0.05).</p><p>Conclusion</p><p>Sex of participant, educational status, sex of patient and type of mental illness were the correlates of attitude towards mental illness. Similarly, sex of participant, marital status, educational status, occupation, caregiver’s relation with patient and use of alternative treatment modalities were correlates of perceived stigma. Findings of this study suggest that interventions targeting these high-risk populations might be beneficial to help build a positive attitude and overcome the perceived social stigma.</p></div

Median score of items measuring attitude towards PWMI.

<p>Median score of items measuring attitude towards PWMI.</p

Quality of life (QOL) domain scores among the study participants.

<p>Quality of life (QOL) domain scores among the study participants.</p

Summary of PHQ-9 components.

<p>Summary of PHQ-9 components.</p