Survey Experiment to Estimate Level of Mental Illness Stigma Based on Condition and Gender

Yale University379 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on condition and gender of the participants and individual portrayed with mental illness.

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on condition and gender of the participants and individual portrayed with mental illness. This study utilizes eight vignettes portraying different mental illnesses and genders to measure the levels of mental illness stigma in the general community in rural Uganda.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

379

Conditions

Mental Illness Stigma, Social

Interventions

Survey questionnaireOTHER

The intervention is being assigned to one of the 8 different versions of the survey vignette.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All adults who consider Buyende District their primary residence and who are capable of providing consent Exclusion Criteria: * Minors younger than 18 years of age * Persons who do not consider Buyende District their primary place of residence

Locations (1)

Empowerment to Heal - Uganda

Iganga, Uganda

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Level of acceptance for the individual depicted in the vignette as measured by PERSONAL ACCEPTANCE SCALE

The PAS is a 9-item questionnaire targeted to public stigma, the "negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors held within a community" against individuals with mental illness. Each yes adds one point to the scale, and five questions from each scale were reverse-scored to match the direction of the scale. The total number of points was divided by the number of questions (nine) and multiplied by ten to generate numbers between zero and ten for comparison purposes to the Broad Acceptance Scale. Higher scores indicated more acceptance and less stigma towards mental illness, while lower scores indicated less acceptance and more stigma towards mental illness.

Time frame: Study period. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.

Level of acceptance for the individual depicted in the vignette as measured by BROAD ACCEPTANCE SCALE

The BAS is a 9-item questionnaire targeted to structural stigma, the "societal-level conditions, cultural norms, and institutional practices that constrain the opportunities, resources, and wellbeing" for individuals with mental illness. Each yes adds one point to the scale, and five questions from each scale were reverse-scored to match the direction of the scale. There were ten questions, therefore it generated a score between zero and ten. Higher scores indicated more acceptance and less stigma towards mental illness, while lower scores indicated less acceptance and more stigma towards mental illness.

Time frame: Study period. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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