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Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units
INTRODUCTION: People with mental illness continue to face stigma, despite these illnesses being common. Previous studies have demonstrated reduced stigma in pharmacy students after various exposures and education, although results have been mixed. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate...
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College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31942271 http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2020.01.005 |
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author | Diefenderfer, Lauren A. Iuppa, Courtney Kriz, Carrie Nelson, Leigh Anne |
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description | INTRODUCTION: People with mental illness continue to face stigma, despite these illnesses being common. Previous studies have demonstrated reduced stigma in pharmacy students after various exposures and education, although results have been mixed. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in psychiatric pharmacy on students' stigma toward patients with mental illness using the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) at 2 psychiatric hospitals. METHODS: This was a prospective, multicenter survey study of pharmacy students on an APPE rotation at an inpatient psychiatric hospital conducted during 3 academic years. Prior to starting and upon completion of their rotation, participants completed the OMS-HC and provided demographic and rotation information. RESULTS: A total of 26 students participated in the prerotation survey, with 88.5% (n = 23) completing the postrotation survey. The primary outcome showed a significant decrease in total OMS-HC score (Z = −2.376, P = .017), indicating a decreased level of stigma at rotation completion. Analysis of the OMS-HC subscales for attitudes toward people with mental illness and attitudes toward self-disclosure of a mental illness also yielded significant decreases (Z = −2.425, P = .015; Z = −2.462, P = .014, respectively). DISCUSSION: This study showed that APPE rotations at inpatient psychiatric hospitals may help reduce stigma among pharmacy students. Pharmacy schools should consider increasing access to and encouraging completion of psychiatric pharmacy rotations to help reduce stigma prior to graduation. |
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spelling | pubmed-69569762020-01-15 Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units Diefenderfer, Lauren A. Iuppa, Courtney Kriz, Carrie Nelson, Leigh Anne Ment Health Clin Original Research INTRODUCTION: People with mental illness continue to face stigma, despite these illnesses being common. Previous studies have demonstrated reduced stigma in pharmacy students after various exposures and education, although results have been mixed. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in psychiatric pharmacy on students' stigma toward patients with mental illness using the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Healthcare Providers (OMS-HC) at 2 psychiatric hospitals. METHODS: This was a prospective, multicenter survey study of pharmacy students on an APPE rotation at an inpatient psychiatric hospital conducted during 3 academic years. Prior to starting and upon completion of their rotation, participants completed the OMS-HC and provided demographic and rotation information. RESULTS: A total of 26 students participated in the prerotation survey, with 88.5% (n = 23) completing the postrotation survey. The primary outcome showed a significant decrease in total OMS-HC score (Z = −2.376, P = .017), indicating a decreased level of stigma at rotation completion. Analysis of the OMS-HC subscales for attitudes toward people with mental illness and attitudes toward self-disclosure of a mental illness also yielded significant decreases (Z = −2.425, P = .015; Z = −2.462, P = .014, respectively). DISCUSSION: This study showed that APPE rotations at inpatient psychiatric hospitals may help reduce stigma among pharmacy students. Pharmacy schools should consider increasing access to and encouraging completion of psychiatric pharmacy rotations to help reduce stigma prior to graduation. College of Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists 2020-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6956976/ /pubmed/31942271 http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2020.01.005 Text en © 2020 CPNP. The Mental Health Clinician is a publication of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License, which permits non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Diefenderfer, Lauren A. Iuppa, Courtney Kriz, Carrie Nelson, Leigh Anne Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title | Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title_full | Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title_fullStr | Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title_short | Assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
title_sort | assessment of pharmacy student attitudes and beliefs toward patients with mental illnesses on inpatient psychiatric units |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6956976/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31942271 http://dx.doi.org/10.9740/mhc.2020.01.005 |
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