Table 3 Attitude about schizophrenia among respondents residing in Hosanna, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

Do you agree as soon as a person shows signs of schizophrenia, he or she should be hospitalized?

60(14.4)

182(43.6)

56(13.4)

94(22.5)

25(6)

Do you agree schizophrenia is caused by substance abuse?

132(31.7)

236(56.6)

18(4.3)

31(7.4)

0(0)

Do you agree individuals with schizophrenia are simply weak-willed, unmotivated people?

69(16.5)

227(54.4)

43(10.3)

69(16.5)

9(2.2)

Do you agree if treated and medicated, people with schizophrenia can function fairly typically in society?

97(23.3)

182(43.6)

72(17.3)

57(13.7)

9(2.2)

Do you agree people with schizophrenia are dangerous

114(27.3)

277(66.4)

0(0)

26(6.2)

0(0)

Do you agree with a person with schizophrenia's social problems are their fault because they isolate themselves from others?

69(16.5)

185(44.4)

64(15.3)

90(21.6)

9(2.2)

Do you agree genetics are the primary factor in the development of schizophrenia?

18(4.3)

44(10.6)

65(15.6)

259(62.1)

31(7.4)

Do you agree most people with schizophrenia are poor?

9(2.2)

43(10.3)

17(4.1)

291(69.8)

57(13.7)

Do you agree individuals with schizophrenia do not need medication; they just need to change their thought processes and behaviors?

18(4.3)

35(8.4)

58(13.9)

223(53.5)

83(19.9)

Do you agree individuals with schizophrenia are victims of their disease and should be treated with sympathy?

70(16.8)

217(52)

44(10.6)

77(18.5)

9(2.2)

Do you agree people with schizophrenia have abnormal behavioral patterns?

109(26.1)

277(66.4)

15(3.6)

9(2.2)

7(1.7)

Do you agree people with schizophrenia should have the same educational, occupational, and social opportunities as “normal” individuals?

27(6.5)

44(10.6)

58(13.9)

237(56.8)

51(12.2)

Do you agree most people fear people with schizophrenia?

70(18)

95(24.4)

39(10)

161(41.4)

52(12.2)