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dc.contributor.authorKihumuro, Raymond Bernard
dc.contributor.authorKaggwa, Mark Mohan
dc.contributor.authorKintu, Timothy Mwanje
dc.contributor.authorNakandi, Rachael Mukisa
dc.contributor.authorMuwanga, David Richard
dc.contributor.authorMuganzi, David Jolly
dc.contributor.authorAtwau, Pius
dc.contributor.authorAyesiga, Innocent
dc.contributor.authorNajjuma, Josephine Nambi
dc.contributor.authorAshaba, Scholastic
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-06T09:07:21Z
dc.date.available2023-01-06T09:07:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-20
dc.identifier.citationKihumuro, R. B., Kaggwa, M. M., Kintu, T. M., Nakandi, R. M., Muwanga, D. R., Muganzi, D. J., ... & Ashaba, S. (2022). Knowledge, attitude and perceptions of medical students towards mental health in a university in Uganda. BMC Medical Education, 22(1), 1-9.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03774-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2689
dc.description.abstractBackground: The prevalence of mental illness among medical students is high. A gap remains on what knowledge should be given to improve the attitudes and perceptions towards mental health. Despite the vast body of literature globally, no study has been conducted in Uganda to assess the levels of knowledge, attitude, and perception among medical students in Uganda. Objective: To determine the level of knowledge, attitude, and perception and their associated factors among medical students in Uganda. Methods: A cross-sectional study was done among 259 undergraduate medical students in a public university capturing information on knowledge, attitude, and perception towards mental health. Linear regression analysis was used to determine the factors associated with knowledge, attitude, and perception. Results: About 77.72% had high knowledge, 49.29% had positive attitudes, and 46.92% had good perceptions of mental health. There was a significant positive relationship between attitude and perceptions towards mental illness. At multilevel analysis, being in year 4 increased the level of knowledge (β = 1.50 [95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.46–2.54], p = 0.005) while a positive history of mental illness worsened perceptions towards mental illness (β = -4.23 [95% CI = −7.44–1.03], p = 0.010). Conclusion: Medical students have a high level of knowledge about mental illness but the majority had poor attitudes and perceptions of mental illness. Exposure to psychiatry knowledge about mental illness in year four increased students’ knowledge while prior experience with mental illness conditions was associated with poorer perceptions. The information present in this study can be used by policymakers and future researchers to design future studies and interventions to improve knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes especially among students who have a history of mental illness. Improvements in knowledge, attitude, and perception may improve the mental health services for the future patients of these medical students.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBMC Medical Educationen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge about mental healthen_US
dc.subjectAttitude towards mental healthen_US
dc.subjectPerception towards mental healthen_US
dc.subjectMedical studentsen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.subjectKnowledgeen_US
dc.subjectAttitudeen_US
dc.subjectPerceptionen_US
dc.titleKnowledge, attitude and perceptions of medical students towards mental health in a university in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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