Effects of Portrayals of Successful Treatment and Role Fulfillment on Mental Illness Stigma

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental Illness
• Interventions: Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment; Other: Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment; Other: Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment

• Registration Number: NCT06509386
• Lead Sponsor: Yale University

Brief Summary

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness.

Detailed Description

This study aims to measure levels of mental illness stigma based on successful treatment and societal role fulfillment of the individual portrayed with mental illness. This study utilizes eight vignettes portraying two different mental illnesses (depression and schizophrenia), with one vignette giving no details about role fulfillment or treatment, another giving no details about role fulfillment but successful treatment, another giving details on role fulfillment but no treatment, and last giving details on both role fulfillment and successful treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-07
• Study Start: 2024-06-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-07-12
• Study First Posted: 2024-07-19
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-15
• Study Completion: 2024-08-15
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• All adults who consider Buyende District their primary residence and who are capable of providing consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Minors younger than 18 years of age
• Persons who do not consider Buyende District their primary place of residence

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment	Major Depressive Disorder without treatment or role fulfillment	-
Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment	Major Depressive Disorder with treatment but no role fulfillment	-
Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment	Major Depressive Disorder with treatment and role fulfillment	-
Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment	Schizophrenia with treatment but no role fulfillment	-
Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment	Major Depressive Disorder without treatment but with role fulfillment	-
Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment	Schizophrenia without treatment or role fulfillment	-
Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment	Schizophrenia with treatment and role fulfillment	-
Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment	Schizophrenia without treatment but with role fulfillment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Personal Acceptance Scale (PAS)	One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.	The PAS is a questionnaire targeted to public stigma, the "negative attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors held within a community" against individuals with mental illness. Each yes adds one point to the scale, and five questions from each scale were reverse-scored to match the direction of the scale. There were ten questions, therefore it generated a score between zero and ten. Higher scores indicated more acceptance and less stigma towards mental illness, while lower scores indicated less acceptance and more stigma towards mental illness.
Broad Acceptance Scale (BAS)	One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.	The BAS is a questionnaire targeted to distal public stigma. Each yes adds one point to the scale, and five questions from each scale were reverse-scored to match the direction of the scale. There were ten questions, therefore it generated a score between zero and ten. Higher scores indicated more acceptance and less stigma towards mental illness, while lower scores indicated less acceptance and more stigma towards mental illness.
Attributed Stigma Scale	One year. For each interview, approximately 60 minutes.	Attributed stigma scale will be a modification of the PAS to gather understanding of what participants believe the attitudes of others in their community are. Each yes adds one point to the scale, and five questions from each scale were reverse-scored to match the direction of the scale. There were ten questions, therefore it generated a score between zero and ten. Higher scores indicated more acceptance and less stigma towards mental illness, while lower scores indicated less acceptance and more stigma towards mental illness.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Empowerment to Heal - Uganda; 🇺🇬 Iganga, Uganda