Attitude of Syrian students toward GAD patients: An online cross-sectional study.
Journal: Frontiers in public health
Volume: 10
Issue:
Year of Publication: 2022
Affiliated Institutions:
Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.
Department of Psychiatry, Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
Faculty of Medicine, King Edward Medical University Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
Department of Neurosurgery, Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital, Damascus, Syria.
Faculty of Medicine, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt.
Faculty of Medicine, The National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Faculty of Medicine, Albaath University, Homs, Syria.
Faculty of Medicine, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine.
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.
Faculty of Medicine, Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan.
Faculty of Medicine, Shendi University, Shendi, Sudan.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Department of Internal Medicine, Syrian Private University, Damascus, Syria.
Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.
Faculty of Medicine, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.
Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Lecturer in Internal Medicine and Tropical Medicine at Faculty of Medicine Al Arish University, Alarish, Egypt.
Abstract summary
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a prevalent condition and a significant cause of mental disability and poor quality of life. People with GAD have chronic worrying, restlessness, and discrimination from the general public; Little is known about the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with GAD among Syrian students. The questionnaires contained demographic data about age, gender, social status, personal stigma toward GAD scale, perceived stigma toward GAD scale, social distance with those with GAD, the participants' usual source of their knowledge about GAD, helpful interventions, and supporting information. A total of 1,370 replies were collected, but only 1,358 were used for analysis as 12 participants declined to complete the survey. About 44.1% of participants agreed that people with GAD could snap out of the problem, most of them being females (32.4% of the total population). Compared to medical students, more non-medical students (7.1% of the total population) believed that anxiety is a sign of personal weakness. This study demonstrated that Syrian college students showed a high level of stigmatizing and socially distancing attitudes toward people with GAD, particularly female and non-medical students.
Authors & Co-authors:
Swed Sarya S
Shoib Sheikh S
Khan Ubaid U
El-Sakka Amro A AA
Almoshantaf Mohammad Badr MB
Hassan Noheir A I F NAIF
Khairy Lina Taha LT
Bakkour Agyad A
Muwaili Ali Hadi Hussein AHH
Motawea Karam R KR
Abdelmajid Fatima Abubaker Abdalla FAA
Mohammed Sharif Ahmad Eman E
Alsharief Ahmed Safaa Mohamed SM
Hasan Mohammad Mehedi MM
Sawaf Bisher B
Albuni Mhd Kutaiba MK
Battikh Elias E
Zainabo Asmaa A
Alibrahim Hidar H
Ghaith Hazem S HS
Elkalagi Nashaat Kamal Hamdy NKH
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