TY - JOUR

T1 - Randomized study of different anti-stigma media

AU - Finkelstein, Joseph

AU - Lapshin, Oleg

AU - Wasserman, Evgeny

N1 - Finkelstein J., Lapshin O., Wasserman E. Randomized study of different anti-stigma media. // Patient education and counseling. — 2008. — Vol. 71, N 2. — P. 204—214. ISSN 0738-3991

PY - 2008/5

Y1 - 2008/5

N2 - OBJECTIVE: We designed our study to assess if computer-assisted anti-stigma interventions can be effective in reducing the level of psychiatric stigma in a sample of special education university students.METHODS: We enrolled 193 graduate students. They had two study visits with an interval of 6 months. The participants were randomly distributed into three study groups: 76 students read anti-stigma printed materials (reading group, RG), and 69 studied an anti-stigma computer program (program group, PG), and 48 students were in a control group (CG) and received no intervention. We used the Bogardus scale of social distance (BSSD), the community attitudes toward the mentally ill (CAMI) questionnaire, and the psychiatric knowledge survey (PKS) as the main outcome measures.RESULTS: After the intervention BSSD, CAMI and PKS scores significantly improved both in RG and PG. After 6 months in RG two out of three CAMI subscales and PKS scores were not different from the baseline. In PG all stigma and knowledge changes remained significant.CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that computers can be an effective mean in changing attitudes of students toward psychiatric patients.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: A computer-mediated intervention has the potential for educating graduate students about mental disease and for reducing psychiatric stigma.

AB - OBJECTIVE: We designed our study to assess if computer-assisted anti-stigma interventions can be effective in reducing the level of psychiatric stigma in a sample of special education university students.METHODS: We enrolled 193 graduate students. They had two study visits with an interval of 6 months. The participants were randomly distributed into three study groups: 76 students read anti-stigma printed materials (reading group, RG), and 69 studied an anti-stigma computer program (program group, PG), and 48 students were in a control group (CG) and received no intervention. We used the Bogardus scale of social distance (BSSD), the community attitudes toward the mentally ill (CAMI) questionnaire, and the psychiatric knowledge survey (PKS) as the main outcome measures.RESULTS: After the intervention BSSD, CAMI and PKS scores significantly improved both in RG and PG. After 6 months in RG two out of three CAMI subscales and PKS scores were not different from the baseline. In PG all stigma and knowledge changes remained significant.CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrated that computers can be an effective mean in changing attitudes of students toward psychiatric patients.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: A computer-mediated intervention has the potential for educating graduate students about mental disease and for reducing psychiatric stigma.

KW - computer-assisted education

KW - psychiatric stigma

KW - special education

KW - MENTAL-ILLNESS STIGMA

KW - REDUCING PSYCHIATRIC STIGMA

KW - STUDENTS ATTITUDES

KW - SPECIAL-EDUCATION

KW - PEOPLE

KW - DISCRIMINATION

KW - DEPRESSION

KW - PROGRAM

KW - SCHIZOPHRENIA

KW - INTERVENTIONS

U2 - 10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.002

DO - 10.1016/j.pec.2008.01.002

M3 - статья

C2 - 18289823

VL - 71

SP - 204

EP - 214

JO - Patient Education and Counseling

JF - Patient Education and Counseling

SN - 0738-3991

IS - 2

ER -