Can a brief training intervention on schizophrenia and depression improve knowledge, attitudes and practices of primary healthcare workers? The experience in Armenia.
Asian J Psychiatr
; 66: 102862, 2021 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although the World Health Organization has called for mental health services to be integrated into primary care, mental health remains in most countries, and especially in low- and middle-income countries, one of the most neglected topics in the training curriculum of frontline health workers. As a result, primary healthcare professionals leave medical and nursing schools with insufficient knowledge, and often with negative attitudes towards mental disorders.AIM:
We investigated the effect of a brief training intervention on schizophrenia and depression conducted among general practitioners and nurses in Armenia.METHODS:
Training interventions were one-day, face-to-face, interactive workshops, including didactic presentations and discussions of case studies. We used a quasi-experimental design of the before/after type, to compare data on knowledge, attitudes and practices collected before and after the training sessions.RESULTS:
Mean scores for knowledge, attitudes and practices increased significantly (p < 0.001) among both nurses and GPs for both schizophrenia (111 GPs and 167 nurses) and depression (459 GPs and 197 nurses).CONCLUSIONS:
Our experience suggests that a brief training intervention can result in significant improvements in knowledge, attitudes and practices among primary healthcare workers and could help improve mental health services.Palavras-chave
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Qualitative_research
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Asian J Psychiatr
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article