在西南埃塞俄比亚人民区域国家,社区对精神疾病的看法和寻求帮助的意图
Dawit Getachew1, Gebremeskel Mesafint2, Nahom Solomon1
1Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Southwest Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia.
PloS one
|October 11, 2024
概括
社区对精神疾病的看法对埃塞俄比亚西南部寻求帮助的行为产生了重大影响. 通过量身定制的信息来解决不良看法,特别是在农村地区,对于改善心理健康护理的准入至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 社会精神病学是一种社会精神病学.
背景情况:
- 社区对精神疾病的看法影响了服务的可用性,耻辱和寻求帮助的意图.
- 对心理障碍的负面看法和态度在全球普遍存在,影响了个人寻求专业帮助的意愿.
- 了解这些感知对于开发有效的心理健康干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估埃塞俄比亚西南部社区对精神疾病的看法.
- 评估与该地区心理健康状况相关的寻求帮助的意图.
- 识别与不良感知和不利的寻求帮助行为相关的因素.
主要方法:
- 一项基于社区的分析横截面研究于2021年3月至6月在西南埃塞俄比亚进行.
- 采用多阶段采样技术,选择了1028名成人参与者 (>18岁).
- 使用结构化,采访式问卷收集数据,并使用SPSS进行分析.
主要成果:
- 对精神疾病的不良认知率为45.8%,寻求帮助的不良意图的患病率为49.5%.
- 农村居住,缺乏信息和暴露于精神疾病与糟糕的感知有显著的关联.
- 获得精神疾病信息和接触精神疾病与更有利的寻求帮助的意图有关.
结论:
- 埃塞俄比亚西南部存在不良心理疾病感知和不利的寻求帮助意图的高患病率.
- 建议对精神疾病的原因,类型和严重程度进行有针对性的信息传播.
- 干预措施应优先考虑农村人口,以减轻负面看法和改善寻求帮助的行为.
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