Attitudes of nurses and nursing students towards patients with mental illness
Authors: Živanović Srdjan , Kulić Veselinka , Joksimović Bojan , Joksimović Vedrana , Milić Marija 
Published: September 2022

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid11&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 381.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.05778);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Introduction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid12&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 476.988px; top: 381.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.915941);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; According to the data of the World Health Organization &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid13&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 401.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.918545);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;(WHO), mental illnesses are on the rise. The World Health Report es&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid15&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 421.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.952475);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;timates that today about 1 billion people suffer from mental and be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid17&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 441.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.929379);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;havioral disorders or psychosocial problems such as those related to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid18&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 461.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.919301);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;alcohol and drug abuse. Stigmatization of the mentally ill is one of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid19&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 481.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.912864);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;burning social problems of those people, and the attitudes and behav&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid21&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 501.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.940418);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;ior of nurses/technicians significantly affect the self-stigmatization of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid22&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 521.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.942037);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;patients, and thus their condition and recovery. The main aim of this &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid23&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 541.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.917621);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;study was to assess attitudes of nurses and nursing students towards &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid24&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 561.395px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.919717);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;patients with mental illnesses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid25&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 590.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(1.00627);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid26&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 440.472px; top: 590.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.834248);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; The research conducted is a cross-sectional study. The study cov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid28&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 610.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.865857);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;ered two countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. In June and July &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid29&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 630.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.865813);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;2018, 200 nurses and nursing students from the second to the fourth year &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid30&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 650.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.920942);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;of study were surveyed. Data were collected with original anonymous &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid31&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 670.844px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.866221);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;questionnaires, which was made for the purpose of this research.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid32&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 700.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.946011);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Results&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid33&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 437.438px; top: 700.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.957292);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Seventy percent of nurses believe that people with mental &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid34&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 720.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.915384);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;illness are discriminated against in our society, while there are statisti&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid36&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 740.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.923155);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;cally significant differences between respondents in relation to demo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid38&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 760.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.89293);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;graphic characteristics (&amp;chi;2 = 10.217; p = 0.037). Nurses working in psy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid40&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 780.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.926463);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;chiatric wards show a lower level of stigmatization compared to nurs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid42&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 800.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.928558);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;es working in other wards (&amp;chi;2 = 25.553; p = 0.001). Nursing students &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid43&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 820.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.95394);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;have more negative attitudes towards mentally ill people compared &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid44&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 840.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.916907);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;to nurses (&amp;chi;2 = 13.471; p = 0.009). Nurses from Serbia show a higher &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid45&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 860.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.919362);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;level of tolerance towards people with mental disabilities compared to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid46&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 880.293px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.89096);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;nurses from Bosnia and Herzegovina (&amp;chi;2 = 16.115; p = 0.003).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid47&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 909.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.976345);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid48&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 465.355px; top: 909.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.954212);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;The results of the research show that stigmatization of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid49&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 929.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.964831);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;patients with mental illness still exists among health professionals. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid50&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 949.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.95922);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;Undergraduate and continuing medical education of nurses should &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid51&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 969.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.928168);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;include more content related to access to the patient with mental dis &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid53&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 989.742px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.952706);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;orders, communication skills in psychiatry, mental health promotion &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id=&quot;page1810R_mcid54&quot; class=&quot;markedContent&quot;&gt;&lt;span dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;left: 385.039px; top: 1009.74px; font-size: 16.6667px; font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.938455);&quot; role=&quot;presentation&quot;&gt;and prevention of stigmatization.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;