Relationship between Recovery, Hope and Internalized Stigma Resistance among Patients with Depressive Disorders | ||
| Alexandria Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 24, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 98-111 PDF (401.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research articles | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asalexu.2022.248626 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aziza Saleh Abdo* 1; Ola Rashad Lachine2; Marwa Abd El-Gawad Mousa2 | ||
| 1Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University | ||
| 2Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Although recovery is the aim for psychiatric professionals and their patients, this journey may be faced by hopelessness, negative cognition and reduced stigma resistance. A little had been done about recovery, hope and stigma resistance among Egyptian patients with depressive disorders. Objective: Determine levels of recovery, hope and stigma resistance among patients with depressive disorders, and investigate the relationship between them. Settings: The Outpatient Clinic of El-Maamoura Hospital for Psychiatric Medicine, and the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic of the Main University Hospital. Subjects: A convenience sample of 150 outpatients with depressive disorders. Tools: Five tools were used; a Socio-Demographic and Clinical Data Structured Interview Schedule for Patients with Depressive Disorders, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD-17), Recovery Assessment Scale-Revised (RAS-R), Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and Stigma Resistance Subscale of the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness Scale. Results: The findings revealed that 76% of patients had moderate level of recovery, 36.7% of patients had moderate level of depression, and 33.3% of the studied patients had no hopelessness, and 67.3% of patients had moderate level of internalized stigma resistance. Significant negative correlations were found between depression and recovery (r= - 0.191, p=0.019), between recovery and hopelessness (r= -0.741, p=0.000), and between hopelessness and internalized stigma resistance (r= -0.685, p=0.000). A statistically significant positive correlation was also found between recovery and internalized stigma resistance (r = 0.653, p=0.000). Conclusion: Recovery was found to be correlated positively with hope and internalized stigma resistance and negatively with depression. Recommendations: Psychiatric nurses should assess the presence of recovery, hope and stigma resistance among psychiatric patients periodically and investigate their levels. Future empirical studies to investigate the effect of specific therapeutic techniques for increasing hope level and stigma resistance abilities among depressed patient on their recovery level. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Depressive Disorders; Hope; Psychiatric Nursing; Recovery; Stigma Resistance | ||
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