Survey Of Mental Health Knowledge And Attitude To Mental Disorder In Zhengzhou City

ObjectivesTo understand the status of mental health knowledge and attitude to mental disorder in inhabitants of Zhengzhou, to discuss the relevant factors of awareness about mental knowledge and attitude to Psychosis, and used the data to develop the mental health work.MethodsUsing multi-stage stratified cluster randomization identified eight communities in12districts of Zhengzhou, and37201individuals more than15years old. The subjects were investigated between December,2011and April,2012indoor. The survey was used Personal basic information questionnaire, Mental health knowledge questionnaire, and Attitude to mental illness questionnaire.The data was collected using EPIDATA3.0database.lt was analyzed by SPSS18.0. The data of mental health was used Proportion descriptive statistics and chi-square test. The data of attitude was descripted using(x±s), T test and F test were applied in the intergroup comparison, the Alpha value was0.05.Results1Mental health knowledge awareness rate The mental health knowledge awareness rate was57.19%in the no less than15ages residents of Zhengzhou. The rate of basic awareness was35.33%, the rate of partial awareness was52.09%, and the rate of less awareness was12.58%.2Mental health knowledge awareness rate of distributionThe mental health awareness rate was more prevalent in urban than rural (χ2=8.64, P=0.003). The mental awareness rate was more prevalent in "686" project areas than other areas (χ2=57.85, P<0.0001). The higher the degree, the better mental health awareness rate (χ2=860.81, p<0.0001). There was no significant difference in the mental health awareness rate between female and male (x2=0.15, P=0.704).3The current situation of attitudes to mental illnessThe scores of attitude to mental illness was (37.30±4.84) in the no less than15ages residents of Zhengzhou. The rate of negative attitudes to mental illness was30.19%. The rate of positive attitudes to mental illness was31.40%. The rate of neutralizing attitudes to mental illness was38.41%.4Attitude to the mental disorder of distributionThere was no significant difference in the scores of attitude to the mental illness between male and female (t=0.20,P=0.816). It was lower in urban than in rural that the scores of attitude to the mental illness (t=-100.79, p<0.0001). The attitude to the mental illness was better in "686" project areas than other areas (t=46.23, P<0.0001). There was significant difference in the scores of attitude to the mental illness in different education (F=3.38, P=0.017).Conclusions1.It was low that mental health knowledge awareness rate in Zhengzhou City.2.There was low proportion of positive attitude to patients with mental illness.3.The mental health knowledge awareness and attitude towards mental illness by affected factors, such as regional differences, level of education and so on.