A STUDY TO COMPARE THE LEVEL OF STIGMA IN PSYCHIATRIC AND TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
Journal Title: GJRA-Global Journal For Research Analysis - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
INTRODUCTION The study was planned to compare self-stigma experienced by psychiatric patients with tuberculosis patients and its relation to patient's age, gender, marital status, employment status and education level. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted in tertiary care hospital during March- October 2017 comprising patients from psychiatric and tuberculosis groups. We collected data on Socio-demographic Pro forma and the stigma scale & the statistical analysis by SPSS version 16.0. RESULTS Patients attending psychiatry OPD consistently gave responses showing a greater degree of self -stigma than those attending general medicine OPD for tuberculosis. The impact of demographic factors and psychiatric diagnosis on the perception of stigma was not statistically signicant. CONCLUSION The ndings of this study suggest high self-stigma among patients attending the Psychiatric Clinic in comparison with tuberculosis patients in the same setting. There was no signicant correlation between stigma scores, patient's diagnosis, and demographic factors.
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Dr. Naresh Solanki, Dr. Madhu Saurabh Singh Dhurvey
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