Malaysian Pharmacy Students' Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions on Mental Health: a Cross-sectional Study.

This study aims to explore pharmacy undergraduates' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding various mental health disorders and mental health patients. A cross-sectional study design was used to achieve the desired objectives of this study. An online survey was developed using SurveyMonkey® s...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 2851 - 2865
Autores principales: Blebil, Ali, Dujaili, Juman, Shuang, Ang Tze, Ying, Teoh Pey
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2022
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          Blebil, Ali
          Dujaili, Juman
          Shuang, Ang Tze
          Ying, Teoh Pey
        affil: School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia
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        Malaysia
        Mental health
        Mental illness
        Cross-sectional method
        Attitudes toward illness
        Pharmacy students
        Mann Whitney U Test
        Pharmacy colleges
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          Mental health
          Mental illness
          Cross-sectional method
          Attitudes toward illness
          Malaysia
          Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)
          Pharmacy students
          Mann Whitney U Test
          Pharmacy colleges
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        Attitudes
        Mental health disorder
        Mental health patients
        Opinions
        Attitudes
        Mental health disorder
        Mental health patients
        Opinions
      ab: This study aims to explore pharmacy undergraduates' knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding various mental health disorders and mental health patients. A cross-sectional study design was used to achieve the desired objectives of this study. An online survey was developed using SurveyMonkey® software. The final year pharmacy students (n = 363) from 10 educational institutions in Malaysia were invited to participate in an online questionnaire. Responses were rated on a five-point Likert scale. Chi-square tests were used to determine associations between socio-demographic variables versus attitudes, whilst the Mann–Whitney U test was used to determine attitudinal differences between genders. In relation to educational background, over half conceded ample undergraduate training and perceived barely adequate knowledge on this topic. Nevertheless, less than half of the students were confident in providing advice to friends or family members with mental illness. Findings reported that positive attitudes were independent of students' socio-demographic profile, and there were no significant differences in attitudes portrayed by both genders. In general, the pharmacy students held positive mental illness attitudes. However, there were dissatisfactions shown in regard to the existing mental health curricula and lack of readiness in providing care. Stepped up effort from respective parties should be reinforced to overcome this matter.
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