Assess the Attitude Towards Mental Illness Among Nurses Working in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital

G. J. Sara Sapharina; S. Nalini; P. Vijayasamundeeswari; Kavitha Ramanathan; Shenbaga Sundaram Subramanian; Reem Alyoubi; Faris Althubaiti; Riziq Allah Mustafa Gaowgzeh; Fadwa Alhalaiqa

doi:10.52756/ijerr.2024.v37spl.005

Authors

G. J. Sara Sapharina Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0988-6648
S. Nalini Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5736-3334
P. Vijayasamundeeswari Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5042-634X
Kavitha Ramanathan Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research (DU), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5437-605X
Shenbaga Sundaram Subramanian Chettinad School of Physiotherapy (CSP), Chettinad Academy of Research and Education (CARE), Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute (CHRI), Kelambakkam, Tamil Nadu 603103, India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6150-0928
Reem Alyoubi Pediatric Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8888-8435
Faris Althubaiti Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Neurology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia http://orcid.org/0009-0007-3565-955X
Riziq Allah Mustafa Gaowgzeh Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4199-2600
Fadwa Alhalaiqa Department of Clinical Affairs, College of Nursing, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, P.O. Box 2713, Qatar http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0899-7883

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52756/ijerr.2024.v37spl.005

Keywords:

Attitude, mental health, mental illness, nurses

Abstract

Mental health is an urgent concern in India as every sixth Indian needs mental health help as reported by a recent National Mental Health Survey done by Gururaj in the year 2016. Further, while 20% of Indians suffer from a mental illness, only 10-12% of them seek help from mental health professionals mainly due to ignorance, stigma and discrimination that largely prevail in Indian community. The study aimed to assess the attitude towards mental illness among nurses and to associate the attitude towards mental illness among nurses working in selected tertiary care hospitals with background selected variables. A non-experimental descriptive research design was used in this study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples and 400 samples were taken for the study. The majority of the nurses have negative 310 (77%) attitudes towards mental illness and only 90(23%) of them have positive attitudes towards mental illness. The mean value of attitude is 59.59 with a standard deviation of 4.94. There is no significant association was found between attitudes toward mental illness among nurses working in selected tertiary care hospitals with background variables at p<0.05. The study results recommend initiating training programs for the nurses aimed at promoting positive attitudes and making them sensitive to the needs of mentally ill patients.

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