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1.3 Aim and Objectives of the Study
Healthcare
professionals have crucial contact with people with mental disorders;
hence the aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of health workers
towards psychiatric patients. This can further divided into the
following objectives:
i. To access reasons for the negative attitude of healthcare workers towards psychiatric patients.
ii. To determine whether there is adequate healthcare
equipment and facility for taking care of the mentally ill.
iii. To determine the impacts of fear on attitude of health workers towards psychiatric patients.
iv. To proffer necessary solutions to the identified problems.
1.4 Research Questions
i. What are the reasons for the negative attitude of healthcare workers towards psychiatric patients?
ii. Are there adequate healthcare equipment and facility for the taking care of psychiatric patients?
iii. Is there a link between fear and attitude of health workers towards psychiatric patients?
iv. What are the likely solutions to the identified problems?
1.5 Hypotheses
H01:
There is no significant relationship between medical knowledge,
cultural beliefs and health workers’ attitudes towards the mentally
sick.
H02: There is no significant relationship between fear and attitude health workers’ attitudes towards the mentally sick.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This
study will provide information on the general attitude of Nigerians
particularly health workers towards the mentally sick. Also, it will
increase the knowledge of people on mental illness in general and
correct all misconceptions about the disease and prompt governments and
non-governmental agencies efforts in making more readily available
resources for treatment facilities and rehabilitation of mentally ill
persons.
1.7 Scope of the Study
For the purpose of
this study, we shall only consider the Federal Neuropsychiatric
Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta as our area of study. Hence, this study is
limited in scope to Abeokuta area of Ogun State as other locations will
not be considered.
1.8 Definition of Terms
Attitude:
manner, disposition, feeling, position, etc., with regard to a person
or thing; tendency or orientation, especially of the mind.
Health Workers: are people whose job it is to protect and improve the health of their com- munities.
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