Philippine E-Journals

Stigmatization Towards Depression among Admitted Adult Patients of SELF Inc.: A Basis for Developing SLE Module

Louisa Michaela Briz | Jean Carla De Leon | Hazel Louise Saniano

 

Abstract:

This study dealt with stigmatization towards depression. The researchers utilized sequential explanatory research design to analyze this quantitative and qualitative study. For the quantitative phase, the researchers used PHQ-9 to determine the level of depression of the admitted adult patients and STIGMA to identify the dominant type of stigma experienced by the said participants. For the qualitative phase, they utilized semi-structured interview guide to gather the life experiences of the participants regarding their depression and stigmatization towards it. The results in the quantitative phase showed that mild and moderate levels of depression were the leading severity of depression among the participants (33.33 % on each mentioned level). Following was the severe level of depression (22.22% or two participants). Only one participant (11.11%) had moderately severe depression. On the type of stigma, 56% of the participants felt stigma while 33% of them exhibited enacted stigma and only 11% experienced courtesy stigma. For the results in the qualitative phase which consisted of case illustration and thematic analysis, it was revealed that participants had similarities in the various aspects of depression and stigmatization towards it. After integrating the results of the quantitative and qualitative phases, the researchers were able to develop an SLE Module. It consisted of 30 activities that aimed to manage the depression and minimize the stigma towards it among the participants. Recommendations from the researchers included the following: to further study stigmatization using depression and other mental disorders as well as to utilize different aspects of race, sexual orientation and age group. Testing the effectiveness of the module was also recommended to future researchers.