Table 6.
The attitude (CAMI Scale social restrictiveness and community mental health ideology) of the respondents towards mental health and mental health problems at Jimma Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, August 2020
| Characteristics | Frequency (percentage) | ||||
| Strongly agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| Mentally ill patients should be confined to the facility for the rest of their life | 33 (12.7) | 37 (14.3) | 41 (15.8) | 108 (41.7) | 40 (15.4) |
| Mentally ill patients should be able to receive treatment from health facilities | 104 (40.2) | 64 (24.7) | 35 (13.5) | 39 (15.1) | 17 (6.6) |
| People with mental illness can lead a normal life | 48 (18.5) | 58 (22.4) | 73 (28.2) | 60 (23.2) | 20 (7.7) |
| People with mental illness are dangerous | 35 (13.5) | 122 (47.1) | 45 (17.4) | 40 (15.4) | 17 (6.6) |
| The mentally ill shouldn’t be given responsibility | 86 (33.2) | 72 (27.8) | 30 (11.6) | 50 (19.3) | 21 (8.1) |
| The mentally ill should be isolated from the rest of the community | 19 (7.3) | 43 (16.6) | 42 (16.2) | 115 (44.4) | 40 (15.4) |
| A woman/man would be foolish to marry a man/woman who had a mental illness, even though he/she seems fully recovered | 16 (6.2) | 30 (11.6) | 31 (12.0) | 127 (49.0) | 55 (21.2) |
| I would not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill | 16 (6.2) | 82 (31.7) | 46 (17.8) | 62 (23.9) | 53 (20.5) |
| Anyone with a history of mental problems should be excluded from taking public office | 22 (8.5) | 27 (10.4) | 25 (9.7) | 102 (39.4) | 83 (32.0) |
| The mentally ill person should be denied their rights | 98 (37.8) | 67 (25.9) | 52 (20.1) | 24 (9.3) | 18 (6.9) |
| Counselling of mentally ill patients should be left for specialists | 24 (9.3) | 61 (23.6) | 95 (36.7) | 54 (20.8) | 25 (9.7) |
| Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted as babysitters | 17 (6.6) | 41 (15.8) | 74 (28.6) | 65 (25.1) | 62 (23.9) |
CAMI, Community Attitude Towards Mentally Ill.