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Patients suffering from Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Dragana Ignjatovic-Ristic,
Ana Solujic,
Andrea Obradovic,
Katarina Nikic-Djuricic,
Marija Draskovic,
Jelena Jovic,
Nemanja Rancic,
Milena Jovicic,
Ivan Ristic,
Ana Šolujić,
Andrea Obradović,
Katarina Nikić-Đuričić,
Marija Drašković,
Jelena Jović,
Nemanja Rančić,
Milena Jovičić,
Ivan Ristić
Publication year - 1940
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1940.tb03767.x
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , citation , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , library science , computer science
Research over the past twenty years has shown that the attitudes of health care workers and students towards people who are suff ering from schizophrenia have become more negative. Th e aim of our study was to investigate the attitudes of medical and pharmacy students towards patients with schizophrenia and explore the diff erences in attitudes between study groups and students in diff erent years. Materials and methods: Secondand fi fth-year medical and pharmacy students from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the University of Kragujevac were included in an observational, prospective, cross-sectional study. Th e sample consisted of 113 students from the pharmacy and medical schools who were chosen via random sampling. Th e students completed a two-part questionnaire. Th e fi rst part contained questions about sociodemographic characteristics, whereas the second part was a translated version of the Mental Illness: Clinician’s Attitudes (MICA) v4 scale. Results: Th ere is a statistically signifi cant diff erence (р<0.05) in the attitudes towards people with schizophrenia between secondand fi fth-year medical and pharmacy students (with lower scores in both groups in fi fth-year students). Of the total number of students who had lower summed scores on the Likert scale, 51.3% had previously fi nished medical high school, whereas 28.3% had previously fi nished regular high school. Conclusion: Our results showed a statistically signifi cant diff erence in attitudes towards people with schizophrenia between secondand fi fth-year students as well as a diff erence related to previous high school education. Th is stresses the importance of levels of knowledge about schizophrenia to reducing the stigmatization of patients who suff er from this disorder.