Table 5 Proportion of scores, percentage change and significance (Chi-squared) of responses to every question between baseline and follow-up
|  |  | % of responses (417 matched pairs) | % Improvement in mean item attitude score | Pearson Chi-Square (*** = p < 0.0001) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | 0 (SD)* | 1 (D) | 2 (Neutral) | 3 (A) | 4 (SA) | ||
a. Nothing can be improved within mental health services without additional resources | Baseline | 12.7 | 42.5 | 3.8 | 26.2 | 14.7 | 21.05 | 79.71*** |
Follow-up | 31.7 | 39.8 | 5.0 | 15.8 | 7.7 | |||
b. The service environment has little to do with people’s mental health and well-being | Baseline | 33.2 | 42.3 | 4.1 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 14.50 | 53.35*** |
Follow-up | 47.2 | 34.1 | 3.6 | 12.2 | 2.9 | |||
c. People with dementia should always live in group homes where staff can take care of them | Baseline | 15.9 | 33.7 | 10.8 | 30.0 | 9.6 | 36.23 | 338.11*** |
Follow-up | 37.2 | 36.5 | 8.4 | 12.5 | 5.5 | |||
d. People with psychosocial disabilities/mental health conditions should not be hired in work requiring direct contact with the public | Baseline | 45.9 | 30.8 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 5.0 | 43.44 | 208.58*** |
Follow-up | 62.1 | 25.9 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | |||
e. Taking medication is the most important factor to help people with mental health conditions get better | Baseline | 12.9 | 34.1 | 13.9 | 26.4 | 12.7 | 43.43 | 383.10*** |
Follow-up | 42.9 | 37.4 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 5.0 | |||
f. You can only inspire hope once a person is no longer experiencing symptoms | Baseline | 26.0 | 39.2 | 7.9 | 20.4 | 6.5 | 34.39 | 199.88*** |
Follow-up | 47.0 | 33.3 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 5.0 | |||
g. People using mental health services should be empowered to make their own decisions about their treatment. [Reverse-scored] | Baseline | 30.7 | 40.5 | 7.1 | 16.0 | 5.7 | 52.90 | 439.51*** |
Follow-up | 67.9 | 23.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.4 | |||
h. Following advice of other people who have experienced mental health issues is too risky | Baseline | 19.5 | 55.9 | 13.3 | 9.1 | 2.2 | 26.43 | 153.81*** |
Follow-up | 38.2 | 45.9 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 1.9 | |||
i. The opinions of health practitioners about care and treatment should carry more weight than those of a person with an intellectual disability | Baseline | 10.3 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 30.5 | 16.0 | 47.69 | 677.11*** |
Follow-up | 41.3 | 32.9 | 8.2 | 13.5 | 4.1 | |||
j. It is acceptable to pressure people using mental health services to take treatment that they don’t want | Baseline | 36.4 | 41.8 | 7.6 | 10.1 | 4.2 | 57.66 | 388.47*** |
Follow-up | 70.0 | 22.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.0 | |||
k. Persons with mental health conditions should not be given important responsibilities | Baseline | 34.0 | 45.3 | 7.4 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 44.00 | 229.45*** |
Follow-up | 58.0 | 32.1 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 1.4 | |||
l. When people experience a crisis, health practitioners or families should make decisions based on their ideas about what is best for them | Baseline | 9.7 | 19.5 | 7.0 | 45.9 | 18.0 | 42.32 | 576.12*** |
Follow-up | 37.6 | 26.1 | 6.3 | 23.4 | 6.6 | |||
m. People with intellectual disabilities have the right to make their own decisions, even if I don’t agree with them. [Reverse-scored] | Baseline | 18.7 | 48.1 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 3.2 | 40.13 | 422.26*** |
Follow-up | 50.2 | 38.3 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 2.2 | |||
n. Controlling people using mental health services is necessary to maintain order | Baseline | 11.7 | 25.9 | 17.0 | 33.7 | 11.7 | 40.57 | 455.79*** |
Follow-up | 39.8 | 32.2 | 7.1 | 16.3 | 4.6 | |||
o. The use of seclusion and restraint is needed if people using mental health services become threatening | Baseline | 8.2 | 12.5 | 8.5 | 45.1 | 25.7 | 49.81 | 860.60*** |
Follow-up | 39.5 | 27.6 | 9.0 | 16.8 | 7.1 | |||
p. People at risk of harming themselves or others should be isolated in a locked room | Baseline | 18.7 | 29.9 | 8.5 | 27.4 | 15.5 | 41.62 | 290.92*** |
Follow-up | 40.5 | 34.1 | 6.6 | 14.4 | 4.4 | |||
q. Involuntary admission does more harm than good [reverse-scored] | Baseline | 7.5 | 20.2 | 16.7 | 40.4 | 15.2 | 32.09 | 439.55*** |
Follow-up | 35.6 | 31.5 | 8.0 | 16.6 | 8.3 | |||