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Table 4 Proportion of perceived stigma response of caregivers to each item at Felege-Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia, July, 2016 (n = 478)

From: Perceived stigma among non-professional caregivers of people with severe mental illness, Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia

S. no

Items

Negative responses

Any positive response

Not at all total (%)

Some times

Often

A lot

Total (%)

1

Worried about being treated differently

365 (76.4%)

58

14

41

113 (23.6%)

2

Worried people would know about it

352 (73.7%)

46

27

53

126 (26.3%)

3

Felt the need to hide this fact

356 (74.4%)

52

21

49

122 (25.6%)

4

Helping other people to understand what it is like to have a family member with psychiatric problem

268 (56.1%)

134

33

43

210 (43.9%)

5

Making an effort to keep this fact a secret

349 (73%)

57

23

49

129 (27%)

6

Worried about being avoided

381 (80%)

46

24

27

97 (20%)

7

Explaining to others that (name) isn’t like their picture of “crazy” people

341 (71.3%)

85

25

27

137 (28.7%)

8

Worried that people would blame you for his or her problems

401 (83.9%)

44

18

15

77 (16.1%)

9

Worried that a person looking to marry would be reluctant to marry into your family

352 (73.6%)

54

20

52

126 (26.4%)

10

Worried about taking him or her out

359 (75.1%)

48

17

54

126 (24.9%)

11

Felt ashamed or embarrassed about it

335 (70.1%)

125

17

1

143 (29.9)

12

Sought out people who also have a family member who has had psychiatric problem

301 (63%)

79

20

78

177 (37%)

13

Felt grief or depression because of it

119 (24.9%)

140

61

158

359 (75.1%)

14

Felt that somehow it might be your fault

408 (85.4%)

50

12

8

70 (14.6%)