TY - JOUR
T1 - Perspectives of Nursing Students towards Schizophrenia Stigma
T2 - A Qualitative Study Protocol
AU - Chen, Xi
AU - Su, Jingjing
AU - Bressington, Daniel Thomas
AU - Li, Yan
AU - Leung, Sau Fong
PY - 2022/8/4
Y1 - 2022/8/4
N2 - AIM: This study aims to explore fourth-year nursing students' knowledge of schizophrenia and their attitudes, empathy, and intentional behaviours towards people with schizophrenia. DESIGN: This will be a descriptive qualitative study using focus-group interviews. METHODS: Fourth-year nursing students on clinical placement in a hospital in Hunan province will be invited for focus-group interviews. Snowball and purposive sampling will be used to recruit nursing students for this study. Five focus-group interviews, each including six participants, will be conducted to explore participants' knowledge, attitudes, intentional behaviours, and empathy towards schizophrenia. The interview will be conducted through the online Tencent video conference platform and the interview data will be collected through the same platform. All interviews will be recorded and transcribed verbatim and analysed with the approach of the content analysis supported by NVivo 12. Simultaneous data collection and analysis will be performed, and the interviews will be continued until data saturation is met. The findings of this study will be helpful in developing effective interventions to decrease the stigma toward schizophrenia among nursing students and those who study healthcare disciplines.
AB - AIM: This study aims to explore fourth-year nursing students' knowledge of schizophrenia and their attitudes, empathy, and intentional behaviours towards people with schizophrenia. DESIGN: This will be a descriptive qualitative study using focus-group interviews. METHODS: Fourth-year nursing students on clinical placement in a hospital in Hunan province will be invited for focus-group interviews. Snowball and purposive sampling will be used to recruit nursing students for this study. Five focus-group interviews, each including six participants, will be conducted to explore participants' knowledge, attitudes, intentional behaviours, and empathy towards schizophrenia. The interview will be conducted through the online Tencent video conference platform and the interview data will be collected through the same platform. All interviews will be recorded and transcribed verbatim and analysed with the approach of the content analysis supported by NVivo 12. Simultaneous data collection and analysis will be performed, and the interviews will be continued until data saturation is met. The findings of this study will be helpful in developing effective interventions to decrease the stigma toward schizophrenia among nursing students and those who study healthcare disciplines.
KW - culture
KW - focus groups
KW - nursing students
KW - schizophrenia
KW - social stigma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136341818&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph19159574
DO - 10.3390/ijerph19159574
M3 - Article
C2 - 35954931
AN - SCOPUS:85136341818
SN - 1660-4601
VL - 19
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 15
M1 - 9574
ER -