Public stigma against people with mental illness in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia

Title: Public stigma against people with mental illness in Jimma town, Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based,
cross-sectional, descriptive study was
conducted in adult residents of Jimma town. Data were collected among 820
randomly selected residents with the interviewer-administered Community
Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI) scale. Linear regression analyses were
performed to identify predictors of stigma against PWMI. Result: A total of 444 (54%) of the 820 respondents were females, and
the mean (SD) age was 35 (8.5) years. The minimum and maximum possible values on
each CAMI subscale were 10 and 50, respectively. The respondents had high scores
for a stigmatizing attitude towards PWMI across all the subscales, as indicated
by the mean (SD) scores. Conclusion: The study
revealed that a negative attitude towards PWMI is widespread. Therefore, there is
a need to develop strategies to fight the stigma attached to PWMI at the community
level.

标题：埃塞俄比亚吉姆马镇针对精神疾病患者的公众污名研究。方法：本研究针对吉姆马镇成年居民开展一项基于社区的横断面描述性研究。研究共纳入820名随机选取的居民，采用访谈式施测的《社区对精神疾病患者态度量表（Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill, CAMI）》收集数据。通过线性回归分析，识别针对精神疾病患者（People with Mental Illness, PWMI）污名化的预测因素。结果：820名受访者中共计444名（54%）为女性，受访者平均年龄（标准差）为35（8.5）岁。CAMI各分量表的最低、最高可能得分分别为10分与50分。从各分量表的平均（标准差）得分来看，受访者针对精神疾病患者均持有较高水平的污名化态度。结论：本研究显示，针对精神疾病患者的负面态度广泛存在。因此，亟需在社区层面制定相关策略，以消除针对精神疾病患者的污名化标签。