Attitude of Syrian students toward GAD patients: An online cross-sectional study.
Front Public Health
; 10: 955321, 2022.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-36438207
ABSTRACT
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a prevalent condition and a significant cause of mental disability and poor quality of life. People with GAD have chronic worrying, restlessness, and discrimination from the general public; Little is known about the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with GAD among Syrian students. The questionnaires contained demographic data about age, gender, social status, personal stigma toward GAD scale, perceived stigma toward GAD scale, social distance with those with GAD, the participants' usual source of their knowledge about GAD, helpful interventions, and supporting information. A total of 1,370 replies were collected, but only 1,358 were used for analysis as 12 participants declined to complete the survey. About 44.1% of participants agreed that people with GAD could snap out of the problem, most of them being females (32.4% of the total population). Compared to medical students, more non-medical students (7.1% of the total population) believed that anxiety is a sign of personal weakness. This study demonstrated that Syrian college students showed a high level of stigmatizing and socially distancing attitudes toward people with GAD, particularly female and non-medical students.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety Disorders
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Quality of Life
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspects:
Patient_preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Front Public Health
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Siria