Correlations between nursing students’discrimination against mental patients and exposure to them
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2014.03.22
- VernacularTitle:护生对精神疾病患者歧视态度与其接触患者程度的相关性
- Author:
Guoying WEI
;
Jiankui LIN
;
Shengmao PAN
;
Chunyang ZHAO
;
Ying ZHOU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
nursing students;
mental disorders;
discrimination;
exposure
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2014;(3):70-72
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate correlations between nursing students’discrimination on psychopaths and exposure to them.Method One hundred and twenty-one nursing students were involved in the investigation by a general information questionnaire,a discrimination against mental patients scale(DAMPS)and an exposure to mental patients scale(FLS).Results The total mean score on discrimination,scores on isolation dimension and scores on capability were all significantly lower than the norms(all P<0.01).Negative correlation was observed between nursing students’discrimination against patients and exposure to patients(r=-0.31,P<0.05). Conclusion Measures should be taken to encourage nurses to understand patients so as to alleviate their discrimination.
