Yin Ping Ng|Abdul Rashid|Finian M O'Brien
Determining the effectiveness of a video-based contact intervention in improving attitudes of Penang primary care nurses towards people with mental illness
RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus|RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus|RCSI & UCD Malaysia Campus
background mental illnessrelated stigma common associated poorer outcomes people mental illness study evaluated attitudes primary care nurses towards people mental illness associated factors effectiveness short videobased contact intervention vbci improving attitudes using malay version 15item opening minds stigma scale healthcare providers omshc15m methods 5minute vbci developed comprising elements psychoeducation interviews people mental illness people interact relating experience mental illness recovery prepost crosssectional study conducted 206 randomly selected primary care nurses penang malaysia omshc15m questionnaire administered immediately participants viewed vbci difference mean prepost vbci scores using paired ttests effect size standardised response mean srm obtained factors correlating attitudes obtained using univariate multivariate regression analyses results differences prepost vbci score statistically significant p0001 14 score reduction moderate effect size srm 097 085011 11 09712 respectively factoring minimal detectable change statistic 776 vbci produced significant improvement attitudes 30 participants factors associated less stigmatising attitudes baseline previous psychiatryrelated training desiring psychiatric training positive contact people mental illness conclusions first study malaysia show brief vbci effective improving attitudes primary care nurses towards people mental illness immediate term studies needed determine results sustained longer term generalizable health care professionals qualitative studies warranted provide insight factors correlating attitudes 300 words