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Byline: Rohit. Verma, Yatan. Balhara, Shachi. Mathur Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD) is a neurobehavioral disorder of childhood onset characterized by severe, developmentally inappropriate motor hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsiveness that result [...]

Context: Psychiatry nurses are an integral component of a multidisciplinary mental health-care team. Aim: The current study aimed at understanding the attitude of undergraduate nursing students toward psychiatry. Additionally, the attitudes toward psychiatry have been compared across the training years among these students. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out at a tertiary care nurse-training institute. All the nursing students enrolled with the institute at the time of the study constituted the sample frame. The study questionnaire used in the current study was a 29-item questionnaire that assessed attitudes toward psychiatry. Statistical Analysis: The data were analyzed using SPSS ver 17. Results: Overall, the majority of the nursing students from all four groups had a favorable response to the statements of the Likert scale. Most of the significantly positive responses (as assessed by the Kruskal-Wallis analysis of variance of the rank order) were from the third-year and internship students. These findings were supported by the significant correlation between these statements and ranked order of the nurse-training years. Conclusions: The findings of the current study present some interesting insights into the attitude of nursing students toward psychiatry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Studies from American and European countries have explored the attitudes and knowledge of nurses and nursing students towards electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). However, there is a limited literature on the attitude and knowledge of nursing students towards ECT from Asian and African countries. The current study aims at assessing the knowledge and attitude of Indian nursing students towards ECT. Method: The study was conducted at a nursing college attached to a tertiary care multi-specialty hospital. Knowledge and attitude of the nursing students were assessed using the questionnaire developed by Kinnair and Dawson. We included students from third year and final year of nursing training. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS version 17.0. Level of statistical significance was kept at p<0 .05 for all the tests. Result: A total of 47 nursing students (25 third year and 22 final year) were approached for participation in the study. Final year nursing students had a significantly higher score on the indication and procedure domains of the ECT knowledge questionnaire. Third year students had a significantly higher score on the adverse effect domain of the questionnaire. Conclusion: Te findings of the current study highlight the need for modifications to the existing nursing training curriculum. There is need to address the issues related mental health including interventions for mental disorders. These changes would help improve the knowledge as well as attitude of nursing students towards ECT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]