Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

A comparative study of perception, knowledge and attitude of 1st year MBBS students, MBBS Interns and General population, towards Psychiatry and patients with psychiatric disorders in a teaching tertiary care centre; A cross sectional study.

Dr Bhagat Pranjalee Nawanath, Dr. Tiple Prashant Gokul, Dr. Priyanka Sakaldeo Yadav

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Background- </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;color:black;background:white"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>Psychiatry as a subject, Psychiatrists as professionals, and patients with Psychiatric disorders are subjected to cultural stereotypes and negative attitude by the general population as well as medical community.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The perception of First year MBBS students and Interns <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>regarding psychiatry <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>should<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>be modified positively by adequate training for better<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>treatment of these patients.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aims and objectives-<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>1) To compare the &lsquo; <b>Perception&rsquo;, &lsquo; Knowledge&rsquo;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span></b>and<b> &lsquo;Attitude&rsquo;</b> of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">First year MBBS students (</b>Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> A) </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">versus</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"> MBBS Interns (</b>Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> B)</b> towards psychiatry and patients with Psychiatric disorders. 2) To compare the perception, knowledge and attitude of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">First year MBBS students </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">versus</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> General population (</b>Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> C) </b>towards psychiatry and patients with Psychiatric disorders. 3) To compare the perception, knowledge and attitude of<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> First year MBBS students and Interns (</b>Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> A+ </b>Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:&#10;normal"> B) </b>versus<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> General population<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></b>(Group<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> C) </b>towards Psychiatry and patients with Psychiatric disorders.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>4) To study the <b>Socio demographic</b> profiles of <b>First year MBBS students</b>, <b>MBBS Interns </b>and <b>General population.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;background:white">Material</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;color:black;background:white"> &amp; <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Method</b>: It<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>was a cross sectional study.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> One hundred and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>forty one (141) First year MBBS student , 150 Interns and 193 subject from General population actually participated in the study..<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>.<span style="color:black;&#10;background:white"> A semi-structured, pre-validated questionnaire was <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>distributed to assess the <b>Perception</b>, <b>Attitude </b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">and<b> Knowledge, </b></span>toward<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>subject psychiatry<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>and psychiatric disorders.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">For statistical analysis Chi square test was applied.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Result</span></b><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">There was significant difference in perception, attitude and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>knowledge<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>among Interns, First year MBBS students and General population regarding psychiatry and psychiatric patients. More exposure to psychiatry was associated with <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>positive perception about psychiatry and Psychiatric patients.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion: <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Though the majority of Medical students had positive attitude <span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>about psychiatry but still some of them had age old negative attitude,<o:p></o:p></span></p>