Contact with mentally ill people Does it effect nurses' attitude toward mental illness?
B a c kgro u n d: Contact theory has been mentioned for years. Can it effect peoples' attitude a question to be answered. Objective: To determine nurses' attitude toward mental illness with different levels of contact with mentally ill people. Design: This was a correlational study. Using...
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Iran University of Medical Sciences,
1999-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | B a c kgro u n d: Contact theory has been mentioned for years. Can it effect peoples' attitude a question to be answered. Objective: To determine nurses' attitude toward mental illness with different levels of contact with mentally ill people. Design: This was a correlational study. Using a two part questionnair data were collected about contact level and attitude of a group of nurses. Sample: Four hundred nurses from both sexes were randomly selected from Tehran, Iran and Shahid Beheshti universities. Result: There was a negative relation between the level of contact of nurses with mentally ill and their attitude toward mental illness (p=O.OOO,Gamma coeficient= -- 0.47). Conclusion: Attitude of nurses should be considered as an important factor in caring for mentally ill people. further researches are recommended on factors effecting their attitude., |
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