21 research outputs found
Under graduate nursing students′ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of health professionals′ role related to tobacco control and cessation
Background: Tobacco use is a public health issue throughout the world. Research related to information about tobacco control and cessation among nursing students is limited from India. Aim: To assess nursing students′ knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of health professionals′ role regarding tobacco control and cessation. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive design was adopted among purposively selected (N = 178) undergraduate nursing students. Data was collected using self-reported questionnaires. Results: Our findings revealed that students′ knowledge related to tobacco diseases was adequate as mean score of this domain was (M ± SD) 18.0 ± 1.48. Almost all participants agreed to support strict legislation (92.1%): Ban on "public use of tobacco" (91.6%), "tobacco sales to children and adolescents" (95.5%), and "advertising of tobacco products" (93.9%). Almost the entire sample felt that health professionals should serve as "role models" for their patients and the public (97.2%). However, curriculum related to smoking cessation techniques (51.6%) reasons why people smoke (48.8%) and nicotine replacement therapies were the areas found to be inadequate. Conclusion: There is an urgent need to sensitize nurse educators and nurse administrators involved in curriculum preparation to incorporate specific education modules related to tobacco control and cessation at an undergraduate level
Medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward mental illness: an Indian perspective
Objective. Compare the attitudes toward mental illness between medical and nursing undergraduate students from a university in India.Methods. A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among medical (n=154) and nursing undergraduate students (n=168) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) questionnaire with six sub scales namely; Separatism, Stereotyping, Restrictiveness, Benevolence, Pessimistic prediction and Stigmatization. This was a 5-point Likert scale with 34 items to rate participants responses from totally disagree (1) to totally agree (5). The lower scores indicate positive attitudes toward persons with mental illness.Results. Our findings revealed that 54.5% of medical students versus 64.8% of nursing students have positive attitudes toward mental illness. While medical students have better attitudes against separatism and stigmatization, nursing students have more positive attitudes in benevolence and against pessimism.Conclusion. An important proportion of medical and nursing students have negative attitudes toward mental illness. It is necessary to review and adapt the current curriculum to favor the positive attitude of future professionals toward people with these types of diseases.Keywords: mental disorders; attitude; students, medical; students, nursing; cross-sectional studies. Objetivo. Comparar as atitudes à doença mental entre os estudantes de medicina e enfermagem de uma universidade na Índia.
Métodos. Se realizou um estudo descritivo de tipo transversal com estudantes de Medicina (n=154) e de Enfermagem (n=168). Se utilizou a Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) a qual tem 34 itens divididos em seis domínios:Separatismo, Estereótipos, Restrição, Benevolência, Predição pessimista e Estigmatização. As opções de resposta são tipo Likert e vão desde totalmente em desacordo (1) a totalmente de acordo (5). A menor pontuação é melhor a atitude positiva para as pessoas com doenças mentais.
Resultados. Nossos resultados revelaram que 54.5% dos estudantes de Medicina versus 64.8% dos de Enfermagem tem atitudes positivas para a doença mental. Enquanto que os estudantes de Medicina têm melhores atitudes contra o separatismo e a estigmatização, os estudantes de enfermagem possuem atitudes mais positivas na benevolência e em contra do pessimismo.
Conclusão. Uma proporção importante de alunos de Medicina e Enfermagem tem atitudes negativas à doença mental. É necessário revisar e adaptar o currículo atual para favorecer a atitude positiva dos futuros profissionais às pessoas com este tipo de doenças.Objetivo. Comparar las actitudes hacia la enfermedad
mental entre los estudiantes de medicina y enfermería
de una universidad en India. Métodos. Se realizó un
estudio descriptivo de tipo transversal con estudiantes
de Medicina (n=154) y de Enfermería (n=168). Se
utilizó la Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI)
la cual tiene 34 ítems divididos en seis dominios:
Separatismo, Estereotipos, Restricción, Benevolencia,
Predicción pesimista y Estigmatización. Las opciones
de respuesta son tipo Likert y van desde totalmente en desacuerdo (1) a totalmente de acuerdo (5). A menor
puntaje es mejor la actitud positiva hacia las personas
con enfermedad mental. Resultados. Nuestros
hallazgos revelaron que el 54.5% de los estudiantes
de Medicina versus el 64.8% de los de Enfermería
tienen actitudes positivas hacia la enfermedad mental.
Mientras que los estudiantes de Medicina tienen mejores
actitudes contra el separatismo y la estigmatización,
los estudiantes de enfermería poseen actitudes más
positivas en la benevolencia y en contra del pesimismo.
Conclusión. Una proporción importante de alumnos de
Medicina y Enfermería tienen actitudes negativas hacia
la enfermedad mental. Es necesario revisar y adaptar el
currículo actual para favorecer la actitud positiva de los
futuros profesionales hacia las personas con este tipo
de enfermedade
Bachelor of nursing students' attitude towards people with mental illness and career choices in psychiatric nursing. An Indian perspective
Under graduate nursing students′ knowledge and attitude toward people living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
Background: Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) has become one of the significant public health problems in the world. Research regarding HIV/AIDS among nursing professionals is limited from India. Aim: The aim was to assess nursing student′s knowledge and attitude toward people living with HIV/AIDS. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted among conveniently selected under graduate nursing students (n = 172) using self-reported questionnaires. Results: The overall mean knowledge (38.05 ± 4.91) and attitude score (51.26 ± 6.2) indicate that majority of the students have good knowledge (77.6%) and moderately favorable attitudes (67.4%) toward HIV/AIDS patients. However, statistically significant differences were observed between age (P < 0.001, P < 0.019) education (P < 0.34, P < 0.01) and experience in taking care of HIV/AIDS patients (P < 0.01, P< 0.01) with knowledge and attitude. Conclusion: Though, a majority of nursing students had adequate knowledge, few students hold discriminatory attitudes toward people with HIV/AIDS. These findings indicate that there is an urgent need to improve the level of knowledge and attitudes among nursing students toward HIV/AIDS as they have a key role in prevention, care and treatment in their future career as nurses
Bachelor of nursing students’ attitude towards people with mental illness and career choices in psychiatric nursing.: an Indian perspective
Objective. To examine undergraduate nursing students’ attitudestoward people with mental illness and mental health nursing.Methodology. This was a cross sectional descriptive study carriedout among conveniently selected nursing students (N=116).Data was collected through self- reported questionnaires. Results:Majority of the participants agreed that the theoretical (81.1%)and clinical placement (85.4%) was adequate. Similarly, 62.9%would like to apply for a post-basic program in Psychiatric nursingand 69.8% of the students intend to pursue their career as mentalhealth nurses. However, a majority expressed that people withmental illness are unpredictable (80.2%), cannot handle toomuch responsibility (71.5%), more likely to commit offences orcrimes (84.5%) and more likely to be violent (44%). Negativestereotype domain had significant relationships with future career(r=-0.2, p= 0.003), course effectiveness (r=-0.4, p<0.001),valuable contribution (r=-0.3, p<0.001) and readiness of thestudents (r=-0.3, p<.000) domains. Conclusion. There is anurgent need to address these negative perceptions among nursingstudents towards people with mental illness. Innovative teachingstrategies and appropriate changes in the nursing curriculum isrequired to prepare future nurses to deal mental health problemseffectively.Objetivo. Explorar nas estudantes de enfermagem as atitudes para as pessoas com doença mental e sua relação com a eleição de desempenho profissional em enfermagem psiquiátrica. Metodologia. Estudo descritivo de corte transversal realizado em 2014 uma mostra por conveniência de 116 estudantes de terceiro
e quarto ano de enfermagem. Utilizou-se a Enquete sobre Educação em Saúde Mental em Enfermagem de Hapell et al., a qual foi respondida por autorreporte. Resultados. 98.3% dos participantes foram mulheres.
A maioria dos interrogados estiveram de acordo em que a teoria (81.1%) e a prática clínica (85.4%) foram adequados. Do mesmo modo, a um 62.9% lhe agradaria aplicar a um programa avançado de enfermagem
psiquiátrica e 69.8% dos estudantes têm a intenção de continuar sua carreira como enfermeiras de saúde mental. No entanto, a maioria expressou que as pessoas com doença mental são imprevisíveis (80.2%), não
podem manejar demasiada responsabilidade (71.5%) e que são mais propensos a cometer delitos ou crimes (84.5%) e ser violentos (44.0%). O estereótipo negativo se associou significativamente com os domínios de eleição da futura carreira (r = -0.2), efetividade do curso (r = -0.4), a contribuição do curso (r = -0.3) e a preparação dos estudantes (r = -0.3). Conclusão. Os estudantes de enfermagem têm percepções negativas para as pessoas com doença mental. É necessário que as instituições que formam aos futuros profissionais introduzam as mudanças que sejam necessários no plano de estudos com o fim de prepará-los para tratar
problemas de saúde mental de maneira efetivaObjetivo. Explorar en las estudiantes de enfermería las actitudes
hacia las personas con enfermedad mental y su relación con
la elección de desempeño profesional en enfermería psiquiátrica.
Metodología. Estudio descriptivo de corte transversal realizado en
2014 una muestra por conveniencia de 116 estudiantes de tercero y cuarto año de enfermería. Se utilizó la Encuesta sobre Educación en Salud Mental en Enfermería de Hapell et al., la cual fue respondida por autorreporte. Resultados. El 98.3% de los participantes fueron mujeres. La mayoría de los encuestados
estuvieron de acuerdo en que la teoría (81.1%) y la práctica clínica (85.4%) fueron adecuados. Del mismo modo, a un 62.9% le gustaría aplicar a un programa avanzado de enfermería psiquiátrica y 69.8% de los estudiantes tienen la intención de continuar su carrera como enfermeras de salud mental. Sin embargo, la
mayoría expresó que las personas con enfermedad mental son impredecibles (80.2%), no pueden manejar demasiada responsabilidad (71.5%) y que son más propensos a cometer delitos o crímenes (84.5%) y ser violentos (44.0%). El estereotipo negativo se asoció significativamente con los dominios de elección de la
futura carrera (r = -0.2), efectividad del curso (r = -0.4), la contribución del curso (r = -0.3) y la preparación de los estudiantes (r = -0.3). Conclusión. Los estudiantes de enfermería tienen percepciones negativas hacia las personas con enfermedad mental. Es necesario que las instituciones que forman a los futuros profesionales introduzcan los cambios que sean necesarios en el plan de estudios con el fin de prepararlos
para tratar problemas de salud mental de manera efectiva
Attitudes toward consumer involvement in mental health services: a cross-sectional survey of Indian medical and nursing undergraduates
To understand the views of medical andnursing undergraduates regarding consumer involvementin mental health services. Methods. A descriptive crosssectional survey was conducted in Bangalore, SouthIndia, among medical (n=155) and nursing (n=116)undergraduates using self-reported the Mental HealthConsumer Participation Questionnaire of Happell et al.“Mental health consumer” or “consumer” is defined as aperson who is currently using mental health services aseither an in-patient or out-patient. Results. The overallmean score on Mental Health Consumer ParticipationQuestionnaire (54.1±6.7) implies that 64% of theparticipants hold positive attitudes towards consumerinvolvement in mental health services. Medical studentspossessed more positive attitudes than nursing in:consumer capacity (p<0.001), consumer as staff (p<0.001) and overall score on mental health consumerparticipation questionnaire (p<0.001). Conclusion.The findings suggest that majority of the participantshold positive attitudes towards mental health consumerinvolvement in health care services. However, additionalresearch is urgently required from developing countries tounderstand the effectiveness of involving mental healthconsumers in academic programs at undergraduate level.Objetivo. Descrever as atitudes dos estudantes de medicina
e de enfermagem com respeito a sua participação como
consumidores dos serviços de saúde mental. Métodos.
Se realizou um estudo descritivo de corte transversal
em Bangalore, sul da Índia, em estudantes de medicina
(n=116) e de enfermagem (n=155) utilizando o Mental
Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire de Happell
et al. contestado por auto-reporte. Se definiu “consumidor
de saúde mental” ou “consumidor” como aquela pessoa
que estava utilizando os serviços de saúde mental
mas não era paciente hospitalizado nem de consulta
externa. Resultados. A pontuação média global na saúde
mental questionário de participação dos consumidores
(54.1±6.7) implica que 64% dos participantes têm
atitudes positivas à participação como consumidores dos
serviços de saúde mental. Os estudantes de medicina
possuíam uma atitude mais positiva que os de enfermagem
em: a capacidade de consumo (p<0.001), consumidor
como parte do staff (p<0.001) e a pontuação global
do questionário (p<0.001). Conclusão. As descobertas
sugerem que a maioria dos participantes têm uma atitude
positiva a sua participação como consumidores nos
serviços de saúde. Embora, se requere com urgência uma
investigação adicional para compreender a efetividade da
participação dos consumidores de programas acadêmicos
a nível de graduaçãoObjetivo. Describir las actitudes de los estudiantes de
medicina y de enfermería con respecto a su participación
como consumidores de los servicios de salud mental.
Métodos. Se realizó un estudio descriptivo de corte
transversal en Bangalore, sur de la India, en estudiantes
de medicina (n=116) y de enfermería (n=155) utilizando
el Mental Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire
de Happell et al. contestado por autorreporte. Se definió
“consumidor de salud mental” o “consumidor” como
aquella persona que estaba utilizando los servicios de
salud mental pero no era paciente hospitalizado ni de
consulta externa. Resultados. La puntuación media
global en la salud mental, cuestionario de participación
de los consumidores (54.1±6.7), implica que el 64%
de los participantes tiene actitudes positivas hacia la
participación como consumidores de los servicios de salud
mental. Los estudiantes de medicina poseían una actitud
más positiva que los de enfermería en: la capacidad
de consumo (p<0.001), consumidor como parte del
staff (p<0.001) y la puntuación global del cuestionario
(p<0.001). Conclusión. Los hallazgos sugieren que la
mayoría de los participantes tienen una actitud positiva
hacia su participación como consumidores en los servicios
de salud. Sin embargo, se requiere con urgencia una
investigación adicional para comprender la efectividad
de la participación de los consumidores de programas
académicos a nivel de pregrado
Attitudes toward consumer involvement in mental health services: a cross-sectional survey of Indian medical and nursing undergraduates
Objective.To understand the views of medical and nursing undergraduates regarding consumer involvement in mental health services. Methods. A descriptive cross sectional survey was conducted in Bangalore, South India, among medical (n=155) and nursing (n=116) undergraduates using self-reported the Mental Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire of Happell et al. ''Mental health consumer'' or ''consumer'' is defined as a person who is currently using mental health services as either an in-patient or out-patient. Results. The overall mean score on Mental Health Consumer Participation Questionnaire (54.1±6.7) implies that 64% of the participants hold positive attitudes towards consumer involvement in mental health services. Medical students possessed more positive attitudes than nursing in: consumer capacity (p<0.001), consumer as staff (p< 0.001) and overall score on mental health consumer participation questionnaire (t=6.892, p<0.001). Conclusion. The findings suggest that majority of the participants hold positive attitudes towards mental health consumer involvement in health care services. However, additional research is urgently required from developing countries to understand the effectiveness of involving mental health consumers in academic programs at undergraduate level
Change in Attitude among Nursing Undergraduate Students Following One-Month Exposure in a Mental Healthcare Setting
Undergraduate Nursing Students' Attitudes towards Mental Illness: Implications for Specific Academic Education
Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward dementia: an Indian perspective
This work evaluated nursing students’ knowledgeand attitudes toward individuals with Alzheimer’s disease anddementia. Methodology. This was a transversal, descriptive studycarried out with a randomly selected group of nursing students(N = 122) from Bangalore, India, in 2013. The study usedthe Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge scale (30 questions withtrue-false options) and the Attitude toward Alzheimer’s Diseaseand Related Dementias scale (20 questions scored with sevenLikert-type options; the higher the score, the better the attitude).Results. The findings revealed that 56% of the questions wereanswered correctly and the average attitude score was 95 ± 1.5.A negative correlation was observed between age and knowledgeof dementia (r = -0.323; p < 0.01). Conclusion. The participantshave inadequate knowledge of dementia. However, they havepositive attitudes towards patients with dementia, giving way toimproving their knowledge related to this disease. Thereby, thereis urgent need to enhance the undergraduate study plan withrespect to the content of this theme and strengthen the attitudesof comprehensive care to individuals with dementia.Objetivo. Avaliar nos estudantes de enfermagem o conhecimento e as atitudes para as pessoas com doença
de Alzheimer e demência. Metodologia. Estudo de descritivo de tipo transversal levado a cabo num grupo
selecionado em forma aleatória de estudantes de enfermagem (N=122) de Bangalore, Índia, em 2013.
Utilizaram-se as escalas: Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge Scale (30 perguntas com opções verdadeiro/falso)
e The Attitude toward Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias Scale (20 perguntas qualificadas com 7
opções tipo Likert, a maior pontuação, melhor é a atitude). Resultados. Os resultados revelaram que 56%
das perguntas foram contestadas corretamente e a pontuação média de atitude foi 95±1.5 Se Observou
uma correlação negativa entre a idade e o conhecimento sobre a demência (r=-0.323; p<0.01). Conclusão.
Os participantes têm um inadequado conhecimento sobre a demência. No entanto, que possuem atitudes
alentadoras para os pacientes com demência dando espaço a melhorar seus conhecimentos relacionados
com esta doença. Portanto, há uma necessidade urgente de fortalecer o plano de estudos de graduação com
respeito ao conteúdo deste tema e fortalecer as atitudes o cuidado integral às pessoas com demência.Objetivo. Evaluar en los estudiantes de enfermería el conocimiento
y las actitudes hacia las personas con enfermedad de Alzheimer y
demencia. Metodología. Estudio de descriptivo de tipo transversal
llevado a cabo en un grupo seleccionado en forma aleatoria de
estudiantes de enfermería (N=122) de Bangalore, India, en
2013. Se utilizaron las escalas: Alzheimer’s Disease Knowledge
Scale (30 preguntas con opciones verdadero/falso) y The Attitude
toward Alzheimer’s disease and Related Dementias Scale (20
preguntas calificadas con 7 opciones tipo Likert, a mayor puntaje
mejor es la actitud). Resultados. Los hallazgos revelaron que
el 56% de las preguntas fueron contestadas correctamente y el
promedio puntaje de actitud fue 95±1.5 Se Observó una correlación negativa entre la edad y el conocimiento
sobre la demencia (r=-0.323; p<0.01). Conclusion. Los participantes tienen un inadecuado conocimiento
sobre la demencia. Sin embargo, que poseen actitudes alentadoras hacia los pacientes con demencia dando
espacio a mejorar sus conocimientos relacionados con esta enfermedad. Por lo tanto, hay una necesidad
urgente de fortalecer el plan de estudios de pregrado con respecto al contenido de este tema y fortalecer las
actitudes el cuidado integral a las personas con demencia