Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients
dc.contributor.author | Chow, Claudia | |
dc.contributor.author | Morrissey, Hana | |
dc.contributor.author | Ball, Patrick | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-01T14:45:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-01T14:45:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Chow, C., Morrissey, H., Ball, P. (2018) 'Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients', The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206 (4) pp. 245-250. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000784 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-3018 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000784 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621069 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this project was to explore whether fourth-year pharmacy students in England are prepared to communicate with mental health patients. Mental health problems are rising in the United Kingdom, affecting around one in four people. A questionnaire-based study measured the knowledge about and attitude toward mental health problems. Participants were fourth-year pharmacy students from two west midlands universities. More males than females correctly answered the “attitude towards mental health” questions. However, overall, only 45.5% of students answered the “attitude towards mental health problems” questions correctly. Males demonstrated a better level of knowledge than females, with 33% overall answering 6 or more questions of the 13 knowledge questions correctly. Sixty-five percent of participants scored under 50%. The highest total score was 81%, and the lowest was 19%, three people did not answer any questions. In conclusion, a gap in knowledge was identified within the fourth-year pharmacy student cohort, and more intervention will be required to improve knowledge and attitudes such as the Mental Health First Aid courses. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wolters Kluwer Health | |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29324525 | |
dc.subject | Pharmacy students | |
dc.subject | mental health | |
dc.subject | communication | |
dc.subject | self-awareness | |
dc.subject | practice preparedness | |
dc.title | Pharmacy studentsʼ preparedness to communicate with mental health disorders patients | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.identifier.journal | The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease | |
dc.date.accepted | 2018-01-01 | |
rioxxterms.funder | University of Wolverhampton | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | UoW010218HM | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-01-10 | |
dc.source.volume | 206 | |
dc.source.issue | 4 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 245 | |
dc.source.endpage | 250 | |
refterms.dateFCD | 2018-10-19T09:26:31Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
html.description.abstract | The aim of this project was to explore whether fourth-year pharmacy students in England are prepared to communicate with mental health patients. Mental health problems are rising in the United Kingdom, affecting around one in four people. A questionnaire-based study measured the knowledge about and attitude toward mental health problems. Participants were fourth-year pharmacy students from two west midlands universities. More males than females correctly answered the “attitude towards mental health” questions. However, overall, only 45.5% of students answered the “attitude towards mental health problems” questions correctly. Males demonstrated a better level of knowledge than females, with 33% overall answering 6 or more questions of the 13 knowledge questions correctly. Sixty-five percent of participants scored under 50%. The highest total score was 81%, and the lowest was 19%, three people did not answer any questions. In conclusion, a gap in knowledge was identified within the fourth-year pharmacy student cohort, and more intervention will be required to improve knowledge and attitudes such as the Mental Health First Aid courses. |