Table 1 responses of the students to the person depicted in the case description
From: Stigmatising attitude of medical students towards a psychiatry label
| Â | Label attached frequency, % (n = 68) | No label attached: frequency, % (n = 76) | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Uncomfortable sitting close to him on public transport | 36 52.9 | 31 40.8 | 0.144 |
Disturbed by shopping from a market which he runs | 13 19.1 | 16 21.1 | 0.774 |
Willing to let your house to him | 39 57.4 | 61 80.3 | 0.003 |
Ill at ease by his working as a gateman at your house | 31 45.6 | 25 32.9 | 0.112 |
Disturbed participating in a social gathering to which he has been invited | 13 19.1 | 20 26.3 | 0.308 |
Willing to play cards with him at a social gathering | 54 79.4 | 50 65.8 | 0.087 |
Willing to chat with him on political matters at a social gathering | 41 60.3 | 49 64.5 | 0.614 |
Willing to tell him about your own private problems | 19 27.9 | 27 35.5 | 0.305 |
Disturbed by his becoming your next-door neighbour | 20 29.4 | 08 10.5 | 0.004 |
Will have my hair cut/styled by him if he was a barber/hairdresser | 26 38.2 | 57 75.0 | 0.000 |
Disturbed by working in the same place as him | 03 04.1 | 05 06.6 | 0.616 |
Will be worried sharing the same room with him if you work at the same place | 34 50.0 | 12 15.8 | 0.000 |
Disturbed by your sister wanting to marry him | 49 72.1 | 28 36.8 | 0.000 |
Will be an emotional burden on you in your friendship with him | 17 25.0 | 09 11.8 | 0.021 |
Will exhaust your physical energy in your friendship with him | 20 29.4 | 09 11.8 | 0.005 |
Your friendship with him will have a negative influence on your mental health | 08 11.7 | 10 13.2 | 0.884 |