Table 2.
Attitude of Jordanian Undergraduate Health major Students towards illicit substance users (on a scale of 1–5; 1 = Strongly disagree; 5 = Strongly agree).
| Strongly disagree |
Disagree |
Neutral |
Agree |
Strongly agree |
Mean | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | Count | Row N % | ||
| 1. Drug addiction patients have no self control | 8 | 3.2% | 23 | 9.2% | 36 | 14.3% | 113 | 45.0% | 71 | 28.3% | 3.86 |
| 2. Patients with drug addiction are incapable of looking after themselves | 4 | 1.6% | 37 | 14.7% | 52 | 20.7% | 109 | 43.4% | 49 | 19.5% | 3.65 |
| 3. Members of society are at risk from drug addiction patients | 6 | 2.4% | 16 | 6.4% | 25 | 10.0% | 77 | 30.7% | 127 | 50.6% | 4.21 |
| 4. Drug addicted patients have no control over their emotions | 7 | 2.8% | 12 | 4.8% | 51 | 20.3% | 114 | 45.4% | 67 | 26.7% | 3.88 |
| 5. Drug addiction occurs in people with a weak personality | 25 | 10.0% | 61 | 24.3% | 65 | 25.9% | 54 | 21.5% | 46 | 18.3% | 3.14 |
| 6. The cause of many Drug addiction patients is bad nerves | 25 | 10.0% | 52 | 20.7% | 65 | 25.9% | 73 | 29.1% | 36 | 14.3% | 3.17 |
| 7. Drug addiction patients are more likely to harm someone else than themselves | 9 | 3.6% | 10 | 4.0% | 19 | 7.6% | 115 | 45.8% | 98 | 39.0% | 4.13 |
| 8. Addiction centers are little more than prisons | 33 | 13.1% | 45 | 17.9% | 82 | 32.7% | 59 | 23.5% | 32 | 12.7% | 3.05 |
| 9. Drug addiction is the result of adverse social circumstances | 14 | 5.6% | 38 | 15.1% | 48 | 19.1% | 104 | 41.4% | 47 | 18.7% | 3.53 |
| 10. Many normal people would become drug addiction patients if they had to live in a very stressful situation | 43 | 17.1% | 79 | 31.5% | 66 | 26.3% | 46 | 18.3% | 17 | 6.8% | 2.66 |
| 11. Those with a drug addiction patients' history should never be given a job with responsibility | 29 | 11.6% | 56 | 22.3% | 56 | 22.3% | 68 | 27.1% | 42 | 16.7% | 3.15 |
| 12. Violence mostly results from drug addiction. | 15 | 6.0% | 22 | 8.8% | 75 | 29.9% | 93 | 37.1% | 46 | 18.3% | 3.53 |
| 13. Drug addiction patients are generally difficult to like | 41 | 16.3% | 44 | 17.5% | 67 | 26.7% | 63 | 25.1% | 36 | 14.3% | 3.04 |
| 14. Drug addiction treatment cause patients to worry too much about their symptoms | 17 | 6.8% | 37 | 14.7% | 84 | 33.5% | 78 | 31.1% | 35 | 13.9% | 3.31 |
| 15. It is difficult to negotiate care plans with drug addiction patient | 22 | 8.8% | 79 | 31.5% | 67 | 26.7% | 65 | 25.9% | 18 | 7.2% | 2.91 |
| 16. It is hard to help patients who are drug addiction | 62 | 24.7% | 85 | 33.9% | 47 | 18.7% | 40 | 15.9% | 17 | 6.8% | 2.46 |
| 17. Drugs addiction medication are used to control disruptive behavior | 12 | 4.8% | 32 | 12.7% | 71 | 28.3% | 102 | 40.6% | 34 | 13.5% | 3.45 |
| 18. Drug addiction are genetic in origin | 108 | 43.0% | 63 | 25.1% | 27 | 10.8% | 30 | 12.0% | 23 | 9.2% | 2.19 |
| 19. Drug addiction deserves as much attention as physical illness | 16 | 6.4% | 20 | 8.0% | 32 | 12.7% | 101 | 40.2% | 82 | 32.7% | 3.85 |
| 20. The manner in which you talk to patients affects their drug addiction capability | 7 | 2.8% | 20 | 8.0% | 43 | 17.1% | 99 | 39.4% | 82 | 32.7% | 3.91 |
| 21. People are born vulnerable to drug addiction. | 78 | 31.1% | 50 | 19.9% | 53 | 21.1% | 36 | 14.3% | 34 | 13.5% | 2.59 |