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KMID : 0607520050130010060
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Korean Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine
2005 Volume.13 No. 1 p.60 ~ p.66
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Staffs’ Attitudes and Opinions toward Psychiatry in a Psychiatric Hospital
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Ryu Seuk-Hwan
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Abstract
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the staffs’ attitudes and opinions toward psychiatry in a hospital. The results of the investigation were taken as a basic data of the education programs of persons who worked in a hospital and community residents.
Methods: The subjects of this study were persons who worked in a hospital. The tool used in this study was Attitudes and Opinions toward Psychiatry. Sixty-one persons were studied. Statistically one-way ANOVA or t-test were used.
Results: Internal consistency was high, measuring 0.80 for the 26 items. Generally, hospital staffs have positive attitude toward psychiatry. Direct patient contact group scored more higher than indirect contact group, except ’overall merits of the field of psychiatry’ and ’efficacy’ factor. In factor ’overall merits of the field of psychiatry’, and factor ’efficacy’ female scored more higher than male averagely. In factor ’role definition and functioning of psychiatrists’, ’possible abuses and social criticisms’, and ’career and personal reward’, direct patient contact group scored more higher than indirect contact group averagely.
Conclusion: This study results support the hypothesis that the direct patient contact group have more positive attitude toward psychiatry than the other group. It will be necessary to educate for a psychiatric hospital staffs and community residents on psychiatry.
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KEYWORD
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Attitude, Psychiatry, Contact
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