Reducing the stigma of mental illness in undergraduate medical education: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Description of study sample at baseline (n = 111), n (%)

	Study sample (n = 111) n, (%)	Intervention group (n = 55) n, (%)	Control group (n= 56) n, (%)	P-value
Gender
Male	45 (40.5)	18 (32.7)	27 (48.2)	0.07^a
Female	66 (59.5)	37 (67.3)	29 (51.8)
Age
18–25 years	71 (63.9)	41 (74.5)	30 (53.8)	0.02^b
26–44 years	40 (36.1)	14 (25.5)	26 (46.4)
Ethnicity
White	76 (69.9)	38 (69.1)	38 (67.9)	0.50^a
Asian	16 (14.4)	8 (14.6)	8 (14.3)
South East Asian	16 (14.4)	6 (10.9)	10 (17.9)
Other	3 (2.7)	3 (5.5)	-
Summer Psychiatry Elective
No	99 (89.2)	51 (92.8)	48 (85.7)	0.20^a
Yes	12 (10.8)	4 (7.3)	8 (14.3)
Fall/Winter Psychiatry Elective
No	98 (88.3)	51 (92.8)	48 (85.7)	0.29^a
Yes	13 (11.7)	4 (7.3)	8 (14.3)
Have treated a patient for a mental illness
No	57	26 (47.3)	31 (55.4)
Yes	46	25 (45.5)	21 (37.5)	0.67^a
Don’t Know	8	4 (7.3)	4 (7.1)
Have been treated for a mental illness
No	96 (86.5)	47 (84.5)	49 (87.5)	0.49^a
Yes	15 (13.5)	8 (14.6)	7 (12.5)
Would consider a career in Psychiatry
No	53 (47.8)	30 (54.6)	23 (41.1)
Yes	25 (22.5)	5 (9.1)	20 (35.7)	0.003^a
Maybe	33 (29.7)	20 (36.4)	12 (23.2)

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