Table 3.
One-way ANOVA results comparing the three groups of health professionals in terms of the prevalence of stigma towards mental illness.
| Mental health professionals | General Practitioners | Other healthcare professionals | ANOVA | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | F ratio | df | p | η2 | |
| Total OMS-HC scale | 20.37 | 5.37 | 23.97 | 5.03 | 24.15 | 4.71 | 19.63 | 2 | <0.001 | 0.12 |
| Factor “Attitudes towards disclosure and seeking help” | 7.34 | 2.55 | 9.76 | 2.50 | 9.56 | 2.73 | 27.68 | 2 | <0.001 | 0.16 |
| Factor “Attitudes towards people with mental illness” | 6.37 | 2.67 | 6.42 | 2.08 | 6.85 | 2.29 | 1.24 | 2 | 0.292 | 0.05 |
| Factor “Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards social distance” | 6.66 | 2.54 | 7.79 | 2.29 | 7.73 | 2.47 | 6.90 | 2 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
n=292.