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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of healthcare providers with total and subscale scores b

From: The development and psychometric properties of a new scale to measure mental illness related stigma by health care providers: The opening minds scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC)

Demographic variables

Health care providers including medical students, Frequency (%) n = 787

Total score

Attitudes subscale

Disclosure subscale

  

(95% C.I.)

(95% C.I.)

(95% C.I.)

Age (years)

    

18–25 years

106 (13.5)

60.7

14.9

16.3

  

(59.6–61.8)

(14.1–15.7)

(15.8–16.8)

26–44 years

349 (44.4)

57.7

12.8

15.1

  

(57.2–58.2)

(11.8–12.5)

(14.9–15.4)

45–64 years

319 (40.5)

56.3

11.3

14.4

  

(55.8–56.8)

(10.9–11.6)

(14.2–14.7)

65 years or older

13 (1.6)

55.5

10.1

13.8

  

(53.4–57.7)

(8.7–11.5)

(12.3–15.2)

Sex

    

Female

631 (80.2)

57.3

11.9

14.9

  

(56.9–57.6)

(11.6–12.1)

(14.7–15.1)

Male

156 (19.8)

58.5

13.2

15.3

  

(57.6–59.5)

(12.5–13.9)

(14.8–15.7)

Do you know a close friend or family member with mental illness?

    

Yes

634 (80.6)

57.3

11.9

14.9

  

(56.9–57.7)

(11.6–12.1)

(14.7–15.1)

No

130 (16.5)

58.4

13.2

15.5

  

(57.6–59.1)

(12.6–13.8)

(15.1–15.9)

Don’t know

23 (2.9)

58.9

13.9

15.5

  

(57.3–60.4)

(12.5–15.2)

(14.5–16.6)

Have you ever treated a person with a mental illness?

    

Yes

657 (83.5)

57.2

11.7

14.9

  

(56.8–57.5)

(11.5–12.0)

(14.7–15.0)

No

113 (14.3)

59

14

15.7

  

(58.1–59.9)

(13.3–14.7)

(15.3–16.1)

Don’t know

17 (2.2)

60.8

15

15.4

  

(56.8–64.7)

(11.9–18.1)

(13.9–16.8)

Ethnicity

    

White

683 (86.8)

57.3

11.8

14.9

  

(56.9–57.6)

(11.6–12.1)

(14.7–15.1)

Asian

43 (5.5)

59.4

15

15.8

  

(58.1–60.8)

(14.0–16.1)

(15.0–16.6)

South East Asian

32 (4.1)

58.5

13.8

15.7

  

(56.8–60.2)

(12.6–15.0)

(15.0–16.4)

Aboriginal

12 (1.5)

58.5

14.3

14.3

  

(52.1–64.9)

(9.6–18.9)

(12.4–16.3)

Black

8 (1.0)

56.6

11.8

14.5

  

(52.9–60.3)

(9.9–13.6)

(12.1–16.9)

Arab/West Asian

7 (0.9)

62.7

15

17.1

  

(60.0–65.5)

(11.8–18.2)

(14.1–20.2)

Latin American

2 (0.2)

58

11

17

  

(45.3–70.7)

(-27.1–49.1)

(-8.4–42.4)

Province

    

Ontario

204 (25.9)

56.6

11.2

14.8

  

(56.1–57.2)

(10.8–11.6)

(14.4–15.1)

Manitoba

203 (25.8)

56.8

11.7

14.4

  

(56.3–57.4)

(11.2–12.1)

(14.1–14.7)

Alberta

195 (24.8)

59.5

13.8

15.8

  

(58.8–60.2)

(13.3–14.3)

(15.5–16.2)

British Columbia

153 (19.4)

57

11.9

15

  

(56.2–57.8)

(11.3–12.5)

(14.6–15.4)

Atlantic provinces

21 (2.7)

57

11.2

14.2

  

(55.3–58.6)

(9.9–12.4)

(13.1–15.4)

Northwest Territories and Yukon

6 (0.8)

62

14.8

16.7

  

(44.3–79.7)

(4.1–25.6)

(13.1–20.2)

Quebec

4 (0.5)

58

12.8

15.3

  

(56.2–59.8)

(7.2–18.3)

(10.0–20.5)

Saskatchewan

1 (0.1)

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-

-

Professional group

    

Social workers/social work students

167 (21.2)

56.6

11

14.8

  

(56.0–57.3)

(10.6–11.5)

(14.4–15.2)

Nurses/nursing students

138 (17.5)

57.3

12.3

14.8

  

(56.5–58.1)

(11.7–12.9)

(14.4–15.2)

Physicians and medical students

129 (16.4)

61

15.1

16.4

  

(60.2–61.8)

(14.5–15.7)

(16.0–16.8)

Psychiatric nurses/psychiatric nursing students

108 (13.7)

55.7

11

14.4

  

(55.0–56.5)

(10.4–11.5)

(13.9–14.8)

Other

102 (13.0)

57.2

11.8

14.5

  

(56.2–58.1)

(11.1–12.6)

(14.0–15.0)

Psychologists/graduate students in psychology

95 (12.1)

57.1

11.8

14.9

  

(56.0–58.2)

(11.1–12.5)

(14.4–15.4)

Occupational therapists/ occupational therapy students

48 (6.1)

57.4

11.4

14.9

  

(56.3–58.5)

(10.6–12.3)

(14.2–15.5)

  1. bHigher scores indicate more stigma.