Attitudes toward psychiatry: A survey of medical students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
Attitudes toward psychiatry: A survey of medical students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
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DOI：
10.1176/appi.ap.32.2.154
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Kokonya, Donald
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作者：
Ndetei, David M.;Khasakhala, Lincoln;Kokonya, Donald
目的：作者旨在确定肯尼亚内罗毕大学医学生对精神病学的态度。自我管理的社会人口学和精神病学的态度-30项（ATP-30）问卷按顺序分发给每三个医学生在他或她的演讲厅之前或之后立即讲座。使用SPSS 11.5版进行分析，结果在tables.Results：近75%的学生对精神病学的整体良好的态度，但只有14.3%的人认为精神病学作为一个潜在的职业选择。66%的人报告说，他们不会选择精神病学作为一个职业，而其余的19.7%没有decided.Conclusions：有精神病学的积极态度和精神病学作为一个潜在的职业选择之间的不和谐。因此，有必要通过解决可能导致这种失调的各种因素来弥合差距。
Objectives: The authors aim to determine the attitudes of University of Nairobi, Kenya, medical students toward psychiatry.Methods: The study design was cross-sectional. Self-administered sociodemographic and the Attitudes Toward Psychiatry-30 items (ATP-30) questionnaires were distributed sequentially to every third medical student in his or her lecture theater before or immediately after the lectures. Analysis was done using SPSS version 11.5 and the results are presented in tables.Results: Nearly 75% of the students had overall favorable attitudes toward psychiatry but only 14.3% considered psychiatry as a potential career choice. Sixty-six percent reported that they would not choose psychiatry as a career while the remaining 19.7% were not decided.Conclusions: There is dissonance between positive attitudes toward psychiatry and the choice of psychiatry as a potential career. Therefore, there is a need to bridge the gap by addressing the various factors that potentially account for this dissonance.