Survey Experiment to Estimate Level of Mental Illness Stigma Based on Condition and Gender

Yale University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Illness; Stigma, Social

Treatments: Other: Survey questionnaire

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06279962

2000034605_a

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on condition and gender of the participants and individual portrayed with mental illness.

Full description

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on condition and gender of the participants and individual portrayed with mental illness. This study utilizes eight vignettes portraying different mental illnesses and genders to measure the levels of mental illness stigma in the general community in rural Uganda.

Enrollment: 379 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All adults who consider Buyende District their primary residence and who are capable of providing consent

Exclusion criteria

• Minors younger than 18 years of age
• Persons who do not consider Buyende District their primary place of residence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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379 participants in 8 patient groups

Experimental: V1: Woman with Major Depressive Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young woman with symptomatic major depressive disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V2: Man with Major Depressive Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young man with symptomatic major depressive disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V3: Man with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young man with symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V4: Woman with Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young woman with symptomatic generalized anxiety disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V5: Woman with Schizophrenia

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young woman with symptomatic schizophrenia

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V6: Man with Schizophrenia

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young man with symptomatic schizophrenia

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V7: Woman with Alcohol Use Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young woman with symptomatic alcohol use disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire

Experimental: V8: Man with Alcohol Use Disorder

Experimental group

Description:

Depicting a young man with symptomatic alcohol use disorder

Treatment:

Other: Survey questionnaire