Eshetu Girma|Anne Maria Möller-Leimkühler|Norbert Müller|Sandra Dehning|Guenter Froeschl|Markos Tesfaye
Public stigma against family members of people with mental illness: findings from the Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center (GGFRC), Southwest Ethiopia
Jimma University|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München|Jimma University
public stigma family members people mental illness negative attitude public blame family members mental illness relatives family stigma result self social restrictions delay treatment seeking poor quality life study aimed investigating degree correlates family stigmaa quantitative crosssectional house house survey conducted among 845 randomly selected urban rural community members gilgel gibe field research center southwest ethiopia interviewer administered pretested questionnaire adapted studies used measure degree family stigma determine correlates data entry done using epidata analysis performed using stata software unadjusted adjusted linear regression analysis done identify correlates family stigmaamong total 845 respondents 8118 female range 1 5 score mean family stigma score 216 049 multivariate analysis rural residents significantly higher stigma scores std 043 p 0001 urban residents number perceived signs std 007 p 005 perceived supernatural std 012 p 001 psychosocial biological std 011 p 001 explanations mental illness increased stigma scores decreased significantly high supernatural explanation mental illness significantly correlated lower stigma among individuals lower level exposure people mental illness pwmi hand high exposure pwmi significantly associated lower stigma among respondents high education stigma scores increased increasing income among respondents lower educational statusour findings revealed moderate level family stigma place residence perceived signs explanations mental illness independent correlates public stigma family members people mental illness therefore mental health communication programs inform explanations signs mental illness need implemented