Requirement and Attitude to Mental Health Knowledge among Psychosis Patients, Caregivers and Healthy Pepople in Community / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

@#ObjectiveTo analyse the requirement and attitude to mental health knowledge and the influence factors among the psychosis patients, the caregivers and the healthy pepople.MethodsThe questionnaire survey conducted among the psychosis patients, the caregivers and the healthy pepople from 12 communities which served as the stations for the psychosis where 12 prefectures were organized uniformly by Guangdong Provincial Federation of Disabled Persons.Results1080 sheets of questionnaire were provided, and 986 replied to meet the requirements. The caregivers showed significant difference in requirment and attitude to mental health knowledge compared to the psychosis patients and the healthy pepople(P＜0.05-0.001). The main influence factors were cultural education, regional economic, the frequency of inpatient, the anxiety emotion of the caregivers, which were statistical significance(P＜0.05-0.001).ConclusionIt is lack in the requirement and cognition to mental health knowledge among the psychosis patients, the caregivers and the healthy pepople. Cultural education and economic development are the effective measures to improve the level of the mental health knowledge.