團體衛教課程在改善綜合醫院志工對精神疾病態度的影響

The Influence of Group Psychoeducation Course on Improving Volunteers' Attitude toward Mental Illness in a General Hospital

研究目的：本研究探討團體衛教課程在改善綜合醫院志工對精神疾病態度的影響。研究方法：本研究採準實驗設計，以參加教育訓練課程之志工為研究對象，並於上課前填寫基本資料及精神疾病態度量表，再按照報到名冊隨機分配至接受精神疾病衛教之實驗組及一般志工課程之對照組。實驗組於衛教課程後與一個月後追蹤施測精神疾病態度量表，對照組亦在一個月後施測精神疾病態度量表。研究結果：本研究顯示，實驗組志工在衛教課程後精神疾病態度有正向的改善，並在衛教課程後與一個月追蹤發現，精神疾病態度有顯著的學習效果。研究結論：本研究支持團體衛教課程的學習效果的確存在，相信透過一系列相關精神醫療的教育訓練，更可以改善志工對精神病患的負向觀念。

Purpose: This study investigated the influence of psychoeducation course on improving volunteers’ attitude toward mental illness in a general hospital.
Methods: Volunteers in a general hospital were recruited. They were randomly assigned to either experimental or control group. Experimental group subjects attended two hours lecture and one hour group discussion course about community psychiatry and psychiatric rehabilitation. Control group subjects attended general education course. The attitude to mental illness scale was completed before, immediately after, and after one month of education course by Experimental group. The attitude to mental illness scale was completed before and after one month by Control group.
Results: Comparison of the groups indicated that significant improvement of some domains of attitude in the experimental group subjects were detected, both immediately after and after one month of education course.
Conclusions: The results of this study showed that our educational course has effect in improving volunteers’ attitude. The limitation of our study is the relatively short intervention times and lack of variety in teaching materials and methods. Whether long-term effect exists still need longer observation and follow up.