Effects of Portrayals of Successful Treatment and Role Fulfillment on Mental Illness Stigma

Yale University400 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness.

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness. This study utilizes eight vignettes portraying two different mental illnesses (depression and schizophrenia), with one vignette giving no details about role fulfillment or treatment, another giving no details about role fulfillment but successful treatment, another giving details on role fulfillment but no treatment, and last giving details on both role fulfillment and successful treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Mental Illness

Interventions

Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillmentOTHER

Read vignette describing the condition and ask stigma questions.

Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillmentOTHER

Read vignette describing the condition and ask stigma questions.

Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillmentOTHER

Read vignette describing the condition and ask stigma questions.

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

Personal Acceptance Scale (PAS)

The PAS is a 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. 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: One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.

Broad Acceptance Scale (BAS)

The BAS is a questionnaire targeted to distal public stigma. 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: One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.

Attributed Stigma Scale

Attributed stigma scale will be a modification of the PAS to gather understanding of what participants believe the attitudes of others in their community are. 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: One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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