Factors influencing Family Medicine Residents attitudes toward mental illness

Introduction Stigmatization of mental illness by health care professionals is notuncommon, and it represents a source of suffering for patients inaddition to the primary illness. Objectives To research factors influencing family medicine residents perceptions of psychiatric pathologies. Methods This is an analytical cross-sectional study among family medicineresidents enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine in Monastir (Tunisia),conducted over a period of 3 months (July 2022 to October 2022). TheCAMI (Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill) scale was usedto assess the attitude towards mental illness. Sociodemographic datawere collected through a pre-established questionnaire. The data wereanalyzed using SPSS software 26 th version. Percentage comparisonson independent series were performed using the Pearson chi-squaretest. Results Our population was made up of 95 family medicine residents, dividedinto 28 males and 67 females. Sex ratio was 2.39. The average of agewas 28 years with extremes 25 and 35 years. 47.4% of residents(n=45) had a positive attitude towards mental illness. The associationbetween this positive attitude and a previous management of apatient with a mental illness was significant (pless than0.05). On the otherhand, there was no significant association neither with the existenceof a personal or family psychiatric history nor with the passagethrough a psychiatric internship of the residents towards mentalillness. Conclusions The management of patients with mental illness canreduce the stigmatization of mental illness by health professionals.Measures to raise awareness and create empathetic attitudestowards the mentally ill during physician training are needed toimprove the quality of front-line care. Disclosure of Interest None Declared

Introduction: Due to technological advancements, a growing number of tasks can now be accomplished with the help of a screen.However, there may be repercussions to leading a lifestyle dominated by digital screens.Our study determines an association between problematic social media use and an increase in the incidence of negative mental health outcomes.Objectives: This paper is a presentation of the mental health issue of young adults related to the use of social media.Methods: Analysis of user behavior.Results: The frequency of using these networks, the length of time spent in front of the screens, the way these platforms influence the daily activities of the users, the emotional states felt by them and the possible connection between the use of the Internet and face-to-face communication remain real challenges for mental health specialists.Conclusions: Preventing the occurrence of mental health disorders among young adults in the context of the development of technology remains a topical issue.

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Factors influencing family medicine residents attitudes toward mental illness A. Jaoua*, M. H. Salhi, A. Ben Haouala and L. Gaha Introduction: Stigmatization of mental illness by health care professionals is notuncommon, and it represents a source of suffering for patients inaddition to the primary illness.Objectives: To research factors influencing family medicine residents perceptions of psychiatric pathologies.Methods: This is an analytical cross-sectional study among family medicineresidents enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine in Monastir (Tunisia),conducted over a period of 3 months (July 2022 to October 2022).TheCAMI (Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill) scale was usedto assess the attitude towards mental illness.Sociodemographic datawere collected through a preestablished questionnaire.The data wereanalyzed using SPSS software 26 th version.Percentage comparisonson independent series were performed using the Pearson chi-squaretest.Results: Our population was made up of 95 family medicine residents, dividedinto 28 males and 67 females.Sex ratio was 2.39.The average of agewas 28 years with extremes 25 and 35 years.47.4% of residents(n=45) had a positive attitude towards mental illness.The associationbetween this positive attitude and a previous management of apatient with a mental illness was significant (pless than0.05).On the otherhand, there was no significant association neither with the existenceof a personal or family psychiatric history nor with the passagethrough a psychiatric internship of the residents towards mentalillness.Conclusions: The management of patients with mental illness canreduce the stigmatization of mental illness by health professionals.Measures to raise awareness and create empathetic attitudestowards the mentally ill during training needed toimprove the quality of front-line care.

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The stigma of mental illness is a complex socialphenomenon that is widespread throughout the world, even amonghealth care professionals.Objectives: Assessing attitudes towards mental illness among familymedicine residents in Tunisia Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study among of familymedicine residents enrolled at the Faculty of Medicine in Monastir(Tunisia), conducted over a period of 3 months (July 2022 to October2022).The CAMI (Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill)scale was used to assess the attitude towards mental illness.Sociodemographic data were collected through a pre-established questionnaire.The data were analyzed using SPSS software 26 thversion.Results: Our population was made up of 95 family medicineresidents, divided into 28 males and 67 females.Sex ratio was 2.39.The average of age was 28 years with extremes 25 and 35 years.46.3% (n=44) of the residents were enrolled in the first year, 22.1%(n=21) enrolled in the second year and 31.6%(n=30) enrolled in thethird year.88.4% (n=84) of the residents did a psychiatric rotationduring their training.We found that 47.4% of residents (n=45) had a positive attitudetowards mental illness.Conclusions: Improving the attitudes of primary care physicianstowards people with mental illness is necessary to provide goodquality care to these patients Disclosure of Interest: None Declared

EPV0570 Assessment of health-related quality of life in asthmatic patients
A. Omrane 1 *, I. Touil 2 , R. Romdhani 1 , Y. Brahem 2 , S. Bouchareb 2 , L. Boussoffara 2 , J. Kneni 2 , T. Khalfallah 1 and N. Keskes 2 Introduction: Asthma is a common worldwide, chronic respiratory disease.It has been shown to impair a person's health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), but the core influencing factors are not fully understood.Objectives: We aimed in this study to evaluate QoL of asthmatic patients and its main determinants.Methods: A prospective single center study was held with asthmatics consulting in the Pulmonology Department a public hospital in Tunisia.A complete structured questionnaire concerning sociodemographic and clinical characteristics were determined.The assessment of asthma control during the last 4 weeks was based on the GINA 2022 report criteria.The quality of life was assessed by the Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) scale in its validated Arabic version.Results: A total of 109 asthmatic patients was included.Most of them were female (N= 73, 67%).Twelve (11%) were current or ex-smokers.The majority of patients (N=101, 92.6%) were active.Thirty-nine patients (35.7%) had comordidities.Asthma were controlled in 40.4% of cases.The average of AQLQ was4.9AE1.2.The most affected domains were environmental stimuli and symptoms with a mean value of 4.6 AE 1.3 and 5.0AE 1.3 respectively.Allergic and uncontrolled asthma and severe disease were significantly associated with the average of AQLQ in the study population with p respectively 0.001, <0.000 and <0.000.Multivariate analysis demonstrated that factors independently associated with the HR-QoL were : the severity of asthma (OR-0.39,IC95% [-0.62,-0.15],p=0.001) and uncontrolled disease (OR=0.59,IC95%,[-0.87,-0.31],p=0.000).Conclusions: These results suggest that uncontrolled and severe asthma significantly affect health asthma-related quality of life.

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Descriptive study of the consulting and coordination program between Health Center "La Barca" and Jerez Community Mental Health Unit.
Introduction: Patients who receive primary medical care at the Health Center "La Barca" and its corresponding services receive