沙特阿拉伯大学生之间与糖尿病相关的社会耻辱:一个横截面研究
Husameldin Elsawi Khalafalla1, Osama Albasheer2, Bushra Ahmed Hussain Alfaifi3
1Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Medicine
|January 12, 2024
概括
与糖尿病相关的社会耻辱在沙特大学生中普遍存在,许多人持有负面的刻板印象,尽管普遍愿意进行社会互动. 宣传活动至关重要,特别是对于未来的医疗保健专业人员来说.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 内分泌学 在内分泌学.
背景情况:
- 与糖尿病相关的耻辱感,包括刻板印象和歧视,会对糖尿病管理和福祉产生负面影响.
- 在沙特阿拉伯,关于与糖尿病相关的社会耻辱 (DRSS) 的研究有限,特别是关于非糖尿病人的看法.
- 在大学生中了解DRSS对于有针对性的干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在沙特阿拉伯贾赞大学的大学生中评估与糖尿病相关的社会耻辱 (DRSS).
- 为了确定社会距离和对糖尿病患者的负面态度/刻板印象的相关性.
- 为减少这一群体中耻辱感的策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项采用在线问卷分发给536名贾赞大学学生的横截面研究.
- 采用了便利抽样;分析了519名学生 (不包括糖尿病患者) 的数据.
- 糖尿病相关的社会耻辱 (DRSS) 调查问卷测量了社会距离和负面态度/刻板印象.
主要成果:
- 大多数学生表示愿意与糖尿病患者进行社交互动 (≥96%同意社交距离声明).
- 报告了显著的负面态度; 46%的人发现与糖尿病患者打交道令人不安或疲.
- 社会距离的相关因素包括学年,农村居住和非医疗领域;负面态度的预测因素包括女性性别和更高的家庭收入.
结论:
- 沙特大学生对糖尿病患者的态度不同,有明显的负面刻板印象.
- 需要采取干预措施来改善态度,专注于消极的刻板印象,特别是对未来的医疗保健专业人员来说.
- 建议通过更广泛的人口测试进行进一步的研究,以改进DRSS测量尺度.
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