Robert M Cronin, Xiaoke Feng, Lina Sulieman, Brandy Mapes, Shawn Garbett, Ashley Able, Ryan Hale, Mick P Couper, Heather Sansbury, Brian K Ahmedani, Qingxia Chen
Importance of missingness in baseline variables: A case study of the All of Us Research Program
PloS one
majority mental illness start adolescent period teachers major resource provision mental health services stigma major barrier persons mental illness opportunities recover crosssectional analytical study conducted assess stigma toward mental illness associated factors among higher secondary school teachers puducherry april 2017 march 2018 multistage sampling used select 566 teachers 46 schools part vignettebased mental health literacy scale portraying depression used assess stigma toward mental illness sociodemographic work characteristics also obtained data analyzed using spss v16 identify factors associated stigma bivariate analysis done using chisquare test multivariate analysis using logistic regression among teachers 729 657 showed overall agreement personal perceived stigma respectively toward case vignette teachers lower age group adjusted odds ratio aor 46 95 confidence interval ci 254833 male gender aor 279 95 ci 185424 working urban aor 28 95 ci 191415 private schools aor 258 95 ci 177377 less teaching experience aor 372 95 ci 24588 significantly higher personal stigma similarly lower age group aor 46 95 ci 254833 male gender aor 279 95 ci 185424 working urban aor 28 95 ci 191415 schools less teaching experience aor 372 95 ci 24588 significantly higher perceived stigma 70 teachers showed overall agreement stigma toward depressive case vignette significant factors influencing stigma identified act baseline implementmental health training program teachers therefore bringing attitudinal shift positive toward psychologically disturbed