%0 Journal Article
%T A Mental Health Nursing Course to Reduce Discrimination towards People with Mental Illness among Nursing Students: A Quasi-Experimental Study
%A Si Qin
%A Hong Zhou
%A Yanhong Hu
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 11
%N 5
%P 1-11
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2024
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1111585
%X <strong>Objective</strong>: Nursing students were reported to hold discriminatory attitudes towards people with mental illness across various countries. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the educational intervention, a mental health nursing course on reducing discrimination towards people with mental illness among nursing students. <strong>Methods</strong>: A quasi-experimental study with a before-after design was conducted, involving 57 nursing students from a public university in China. The discrimination attitudes were measured by the Stigma Scale towards people with Mental Illness. The paired Student¡¯s t-test was used to compare the discrimination attitudes before and after the course, and the independent two-sample t-test was used in the subgroup analysis to compare the impact of the intervention among different genders. <strong>Results</strong>: No difference in the overall discrimination attitude was found among nursing students before and after the course (<em>t </em>= 0.395, <em>p</em> = 0.694). There was a significant difference in scores in the social distance (<em>t</em> = 3.156, <em>p</em> = 0.002) and danger dimension (<em>t</em> = &#8722;3.588, <em>p</em> = 0.000) before and after the course. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The course improved the attitude toward social distance, whereas increased the discrimination in danger dimension. More effective educational interventions were needed to develop further studies.
%K Discrimination
%K Mental Illness
%K Educational Intervention
%K Nursing Students
%K China
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/6823393