Brenda Happell1, Chris Platania-Phung2, Brett Scholz3, Julia Bocking4, Aine Horgan5, Fionnuala Manning6, Rory Doody7, Elisabeth Hals8, Arild Granerud9, Mari Lahti10, Jarmo Pullo11, Annaliina Vatula11, Heikki Ellilä12, Kornelis Jan van der Vaart13, Jerry Allon14, Martha Griffin15, Siobhan Russell16, Liam MacGabhann17, Einar Bjornsson18, Pall Biering19. 1. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia. Electronic address: Brenda.happell@newcastle.edu.au. 2. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, New South Wales 2308, Australia. Electronic address: cplataniaphung@gmail.com. 3. ANU Medical School, College of Health and Medicine, The Australian National University, Woden, Canberra, Australia. Electronic address: Brett.Scholz@anu.edu.au. 4. School of Health Sciences, University of Canberra, Faculty of Health, Australia. Electronic address: Julia.Bocking@canberra.edu.au. 5. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: aine.horgan@ucc.ie. 6. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. 7. School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. Electronic address: Rory.Doody@hse.ie. 8. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway. Electronic address: elisabeth.hals@inn.no. 9. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Hedmark, Norway. Electronic address: arild.granerud@inn.no. 10. Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland. Electronic address: Mari.Lahti@turkuamk.fi. 11. Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland. 12. Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nursing Science, Turku University, Turku, Finland. Electronic address: Heikki.Ellila@turkuamk.fi. 13. Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: kornelisjan.vandervaart@hu.nl. 14. Institute for Nursing Studies, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands. Electronic address: jerry.allon@hu.nl. 15. School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: Martha.griffin@dcu.ie. 16. School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: siobhan.russell@dcu.ie. 17. School of Nursing & Human Sciences, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. Electronic address: Liam.MacGabban@dcu.ie. 18. Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: einar@hugarafl.is. 19. Department of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Electronic address: pb@hi.is.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Understanding student attitudes towards people diagnosed with mental illness is central to realising evidence-based nursing education and policy at an international level. Redressing stigmatised views can assist in preparing nursing students to work in mental health settings and support the active involvement of consumers in all aspects of mental health service delivery (known as: consumer participation) at individual and systemic levels. Accurate research on nursing student attitudes is dependent on the availability of valid and reliable measures. OBJECTIVES: Using data from and international study, this research sought to: (1) evaluate two measures of nurse student attitudes, and (2) explore whether attitudes to people labelled with a diagnosis of mental illness and who use mental health services is associated with more positive attitudes to consumer participation in mental health services. DESIGN: Self-report quantitative data gained via the Consumer Participation Questionnaire (CPQ) and Mental Health Nurse Education Survey (MHNES). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: University nursing students in Australia and Western Europe. DATA: Pooled CPQ and MHNES data from Australia, Ireland, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. METHODS: The MHNES and CPQ were evaluated via exploratory factor analysis and Rasch modelling. Hierarchical regression was applied to see whether attitudes to mental illness and mental health practice relate to attitudes to consumer participation after addressing demographic differences. RESULTS: Refined MHNES scales demonstrated overall fit on Rasch models. Reliabilities for MHNES ranged from 0.82 to 0.73. Perceived value of mental health nursing to consumers and lower negative stereotypes were associated with positive attitudes to consumer participation independent of age, gender and country [F (9, 381) = 15.78, p < .001]. Students who considered mental health nursing made a valuable contribution represented the strongest association with a positive attitude towards consumer participation. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in openness to consumer participation are partly attributable to views about people diagnosed with mental illness and the perception that mental health practice makes a positive difference to these people within health service contexts.
BACKGROUND: Understanding student attitudes towards people diagnosed with mental illness is central to realising evidence-based nursing education and policy at an international level. Redressing stigmatised views can assist in preparing nursing students to work in mental health settings and support the active involvement of consumers in all aspects of mental health service delivery (known as: consumer participation) at individual and systemic levels. Accurate research on nursing student attitudes is dependent on the availability of valid and reliable measures. OBJECTIVES: Using data from and international study, this research sought to: (1) evaluate two measures of nurse student attitudes, and (2) explore whether attitudes to people labelled with a diagnosis of mental illness and who use mental health services is associated with more positive attitudes to consumer participation in mental health services. DESIGN: Self-report quantitative data gained via the Consumer Participation Questionnaire (CPQ) and Mental Health Nurse Education Survey (MHNES). SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: University nursing students in Australia and Western Europe. DATA: Pooled CPQ and MHNES data from Australia, Ireland, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. METHODS: The MHNES and CPQ were evaluated via exploratory factor analysis and Rasch modelling. Hierarchical regression was applied to see whether attitudes to mental illness and mental health practice relate to attitudes to consumer participation after addressing demographic differences. RESULTS: Refined MHNES scales demonstrated overall fit on Rasch models. Reliabilities for MHNES ranged from 0.82 to 0.73. Perceived value of mental health nursing to consumers and lower negative stereotypes were associated with positive attitudes to consumer participation independent of age, gender and country [F (9, 381) = 15.78, p < .001]. Students who considered mental health nursing made a valuable contribution represented the strongest association with a positive attitude towards consumer participation. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in openness to consumer participation are partly attributable to views about people diagnosed with mental illness and the perception that mental health practice makes a positive difference to these people within health service contexts.
Authors: E Missouridou; A Zartaloudi; C Dafogianni; J Koutelekos; E Dousis; E Vlachou; E Evagelou; E Papageorgiou Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol Date: 2021 Impact factor: 2.622
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