Background
Methods
Research design and period
Study setting and aims
Description of the training
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Alcohol use disorders
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Depression
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Psychosis
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Epilepsy
Study population and sampling
Data collection
Vignette case identification
Clinical experience and pre service training
Knowledge and attitudes questionnaire
Questionnaires used to assess knowledge
Attitude questionnaires
Data processing and analyses
Ethical clearance
Results
Socio demographic and other characteristics of respondents
Characteristics | Frequency | Percentage |
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Gender | ||
Male | 28 | 29.79 |
Female | 66 | 70.21 |
Age | ||
Less than or equal to 25 | 29 | 30.85 |
25–30 | 44 | 46.81 |
Greater than 30 | 21 | 22.34 |
Marital status | ||
Single | 40 | 42.55 |
Married | 34 | 36.17 |
Divorced | 12 | 12.76 |
Separated/widowed | 8 | 8.52 |
Ethnicity | ||
Amhara | 24 | 25.53 |
Oromo | 42 | 44.68 |
Tigray | 15 | 15.96 |
Gurage | 8 | 8.52 |
Others | 5 | 5.31 |
Religion | ||
Orthodox christian | 70 | 74.47 |
Muslim | 10 | 10.64 |
Protestant | 14 | 14.89 |
Educational level | ||
Diploma nurse | 22 | 23.40 |
Health officer | 44 | 46.81 |
BSC nurse | 28 | 29.79 |
Taken psychiatry course in undergraduate training | ||
Yes | 72 | 76.60 |
No | 22 | 23.40 |
Year of experience | ||
Less than 4 | 23 | 24.47 |
4–7 | 50 | 53.19 |
Greater than 7 | 21 | 22.34 |
Knowledge about mental, neurologic and substance use disorders
Cases | Pre training | Post training | p (2 tailed) | ||||||
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F | P | M | SD | F | P | M | SD | ||
Psychosis | 0.000 | ||||||||
Good | 32 | 34.04 | 24.35 | 8.48 | 82 | 87.23 | 34.07 | 7.60 | |
Poor | 62 | 65.96 | 12 | 12.77 | |||||
Depression | 0.001 | ||||||||
Good | 45 | 47.87 | 26.06 | 8.99 | 85 | 90.43 | 34.68 | 7.09 | |
Poor | 49 | 52.13 | 9 | 9.57 | |||||
Epilepsy | 0.043 | ||||||||
Good | 70 | 74.47 | 25.37 | 8.52 | 88 | 93.62 | 34.78 | 6.99 | |
Poor | 24 | 25.53 | 6 | 6.38 | |||||
Alcohol use disorder | 0.001 | ||||||||
Good | 36 | 40.42 | 24.76 | 8.67 | 89 | 94.68 | 35.30 | 6.46 | |
Poor | 58 | 59.58 | 5 | 5.32 |
Attitude about mental, neurologic and substance use disorders
Cases | Pre training | Post training | P (2 tailed) | ||||||
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F | P | M | SD | F | P | M | SD | ||
Psychosis | 0.000 | ||||||||
Favorable | 32 | 34.04 | 9.15 | 4.55 | 84 | 89.36 | 14.08 | 2.50 | |
Unfavorable | 62 | 65.96 | 10 | 10.67 | |||||
Depression | 0.001 | ||||||||
Good | 52 | 55.32 | 10.46 | 4.57 | 90 | 95.74 | 13.38 | 1.99 | |
Poor | 42 | 44.68 | 4 | 4.26 | |||||
Epilepsy | 0.002 | ||||||||
Favorable | 50 | 53.19 | 9.82 | 4.56 | 84 | 89.36 | 13.91 | 2.82 | |
Unfavorable | 44 | 46.81 | 10 | 10.67 | |||||
Alcohol use disorder | 0.001 | ||||||||
Favorable | 44 | 46.81 | 9.27 | 4.52 | 85 | 90.42 | 14.15 | 2.53 | |
Unfavorable | 50 | 53.19 | 9 | 9.58 |
Practice of mental, neurologic and substance use disorders
Cases | Pre training | Post training (3 month experience) | P value | ||
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Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | ||
Psychosis | 6 | 9.53 | 60 | 20.83 | 0.001 |
Depression | 10 | 15.87 | 54 | 18.75 | 0.002 |
Epilepsy | 32 | 50.79 | 134 | 46.53 | 0.014 |
Alcohol use disorder | 5 | 7.94 | 16 | 5.56 | 0.027 |
Others | 10 | 15.87 | 24 | 8.33 | 0.047 |
Total | 63 | 100% | 288 | 100% |
Detection of vignette cases for mental, neurologic and substance use disorders
Cases | Pre training | Post training | P value | ||
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Frequency | Percentage | Frequency | Percentage | ||
Psychosis | 30 | 31.92 | 89 | 94.68 | 0.000 |
Depression | 32 | 34.04 | 88 | 90 | 0.001 |
Epilepsy | 70 | 75.45 | 91 | 96.80 | 0.003 |
Alcohol use disorder | 50 | 53.19 | 89 | 94.68 | 0.002 |