Attitudes toward Psychiatry: A Survey of Medical Students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya

Autor/inn/en	Ndetei, David M.; Khasakhala, Lincoln; Ongecha-Owuor, Francisca; Kuria, Mary; Mutiso, Victoria; Syanda, Judy; Kokonya, Donald
Titel	Attitudes toward Psychiatry: A Survey of Medical Students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
Quelle	In: Academic Psychiatry, 32 (2008) 2, S.154-159 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1042-9670
DOI	10.1176/appi.ap.32.2.154
Schlagwörter	Medical Students; Student Attitudes; Career Choice; Psychiatry; Foreign Countries; Medical Education; Attitude Measures; Socioeconomic Influences; Student Characteristics; Questionnaires; Kenya + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Psychiatrie; Ausland; Medizinische Ausbildung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Fragebogen; Kenia
Abstract	Objectives: The authors aim to determine the attitudes of University of Nairobi, Kenya, medical students toward psychiatry. Methods: The study design was cross-sectional. Self-administered sociodemographic and the Attitudes Toward Psychiatry-30 items (ATP-30) questionnaires were distributed sequentially to every third medical student in his or her lecture theater before or immediately after the lectures. Analysis was done using SPSS version 11.5 and the results are presented in tables. Results: Nearly 75% of the students had overall favorable attitudes toward psychiatry but only 14.3% considered psychiatry as a potential career choice. Sixty-six percent reported that they would not choose psychiatry as a career while the remaining 19.7% were not decided. Conclusions: There is dissonance between positive attitudes toward psychiatry and the choice of psychiatry as a potential career. Therefore, there is a need to bridge the gap by addressing the various factors that potentially account for this dissonance. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10