Efficacy of a cell phone e-health application in changing knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes, and intention to seek help associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder: preliminary results of a pilot study. (Preprint) DOI

Antonio Chaves,

Sandra Arnáez, Gemma García‐Soriano

и другие.

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2023

BACKGROUND Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling associated with high interference in people’s lives. However, patients OCD either do not seek help or delay seeking help. Research suggests that this could be explained by poor mental health literacy about the and stigma. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate feasibility, acceptability, preliminary effectiveness of mobile app, esTOCma, developed improve knowledge its treatment, increase help-seeking intention, reduce stigmatizing attitudes social distance OCD. METHODS We used preintervention, postintervention, 3-month follow-up assessments single-arm pilot intervention. Overall, 90 participants were recruited from community using snowball sampling method. esTOCma defeat “stigma monster” over course 10 missions. The completed sociodemographic information Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory–Revised at preassessment an acceptability questionnaire postassessment. All other measures preassessment, postassessment, (ie, Spanish Mental Illness Stigma Attribution Questionnaire–27, General Help-Seeking Questionnaire, Social Distance Scale, Health Literacy Questionnaire). RESULTS Of assessed for eligibility, 86% (n=78) allocated these 78 participants, 79% (n=62) game answered postintervention assessment (completer group). 69% (43/62) also assessment. completing older (<i>P</i>=.003) had higher baseline (<i>P</i>=.05). took average 13.64 (SD 10.50) days complete intervention, including pre- postassessments. spent 4.56 3.33) missions included app. Each mission mean between 2 3.01) 9.35 3.06) minutes. app was rated as useful very vast majority 90% (56/62). Moreover, (56/62) reported they learned lot, 98% (61/62) would recommend friend. Repeated ANOVA (43/62, 69%) showed after intervention increased intention well fewer less distance. CONCLUSIONS Preliminary data show feasible acceptable missions, there understanding along decrease stigma lasts least 3 months. results support potential technology-based interventions A larger, community-controlled recommended.

Язык: Английский

Assessment of Public Stigma, Mental Health Literacy, and Help‐Seeking Intentions Based on Different Dimensions of Obsessive–Compulsive Content: A Study of the Spanish Mental Health‐Naïve Population DOI Creative Commons

Antonio Chaves,

Sandra Arnáez, María Roncero

и другие.

Brain and Behavior, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(12)

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2024

ABSTRACT Background Obsessive–compulsive (OC) disorder is a debilitating with high delay in help‐seeking that could be associated two barriers may differ between OC content dimensions: public stigma and mental health literacy. Objectives We aim to describe analyze the differences among dimensions stigma, social distance desire, literacy, intention sample of health‐naïve population. Methods A total 487 participants from Spanish community no previous knowledge or experience OCD were randomly allocated one six vignettes describing person symptoms out contents (i.e., aggression/harm; sexual; religious/blasphemous/immoral; contamination/washing; doubts/checking; superstition/symmetry/order). After reading vignette, completed following questionnaires their vignette: Attribution Questionnaire, General Help‐Seeking Social Distance Scale, Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire. Results There significant on variables interest. Aggression/harm was highest discriminating together religious/blasphemous/immoral desire. Although appear seek for formal treatment, would request less informal support sexual than other categories. Contamination, doubts/checking, superstition/symmetry/order more frequently identified as OCD, although only around 50% sexual, superstition/symmetry/order, problem. Conclusions Interventions reduce increase help seeking are necessary should consider heterogeneity.

Язык: Английский

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Efficacy of a cell phone e-health application in changing knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes, and intention to seek help associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder: preliminary results of a pilot study. (Preprint) DOI

Antonio Chaves,

Sandra Arnáez, Gemma García‐Soriano

и другие.

Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2023

BACKGROUND Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling associated with high interference in people’s lives. However, patients OCD either do not seek help or delay seeking help. Research suggests that this could be explained by poor mental health literacy about the and stigma. OBJECTIVE This study aims to evaluate feasibility, acceptability, preliminary effectiveness of mobile app, esTOCma, developed improve knowledge its treatment, increase help-seeking intention, reduce stigmatizing attitudes social distance OCD. METHODS We used preintervention, postintervention, 3-month follow-up assessments single-arm pilot intervention. Overall, 90 participants were recruited from community using snowball sampling method. esTOCma defeat “stigma monster” over course 10 missions. The completed sociodemographic information Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory–Revised at preassessment an acceptability questionnaire postassessment. All other measures preassessment, postassessment, (ie, Spanish Mental Illness Stigma Attribution Questionnaire–27, General Help-Seeking Questionnaire, Social Distance Scale, Health Literacy Questionnaire). RESULTS Of assessed for eligibility, 86% (n=78) allocated these 78 participants, 79% (n=62) game answered postintervention assessment (completer group). 69% (43/62) also assessment. completing older (<i>P</i>=.003) had higher baseline (<i>P</i>=.05). took average 13.64 (SD 10.50) days complete intervention, including pre- postassessments. spent 4.56 3.33) missions included app. Each mission mean between 2 3.01) 9.35 3.06) minutes. app was rated as useful very vast majority 90% (56/62). Moreover, (56/62) reported they learned lot, 98% (61/62) would recommend friend. Repeated ANOVA (43/62, 69%) showed after intervention increased intention well fewer less distance. CONCLUSIONS Preliminary data show feasible acceptable missions, there understanding along decrease stigma lasts least 3 months. results support potential technology-based interventions A larger, community-controlled recommended.

Язык: Английский

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