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Article: Attitudes of healthcare professionals towards psychiatric patients in a general hospital in Hong Kong.(Report)
- Article from:
- Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
- Author:
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Abstract
Objectives: To examine the attitudes of healthcare professionals towards psychiatric patients in a general hospital in Hong Kong, and explore what contributions these attitudes may have on their management.
Participants and Methods: A survey was carried out on healthcare professionals working in a general hospital in Hong Kong. A newly devised questionnaire with a case vignette was used. Each subject received a case depicting either a psychiatric patient (case group) or a diabetes mellitus patient (control group) randomly.
Results: A total of 1200 questionnaires were distributed with a response rate of 36.1 %. A case vignette depicting ...