I'm currently brainstorming to find a research topic on mental health literacy, focusing on media usage. I'm looking for a good questionnaire on such issue. Some questionnaires I have come across are focusing more on case vignette and coping mechanism instead of media use.
I have also seen some of health literacy questionnaire like HLSEUQ. It seems that they at least have some mention in media usage. But I'm not sure if those are useful in determining mental health literacy or psychiatry patient caregiver health literacy.
Does anyone have any suggestion about a suitable mental health literacy questionnaire or whether or not I can use health literacy questionnaire in general for psychiatry patient caregiver?
Dear Afkar,
The Rice & Katz (2001) published a book where they partly focus on the effect of internet on health communication but the communication and understanding as well as learning of the individual may not be so strongly related. Then in terms of the question of any actual measure measurement it seems to me that this questionnaire is not around, unless I've missed one. Have you considered forming one yourself? It seems that it would be very useful.
Good luck :)
Rice, R. E., & Katz, J. E. (2001). The Internet and health communication. The Internet and health communication: Experiences and expectations, 5-46.
You might look at the method in the following study:
The influence of psychological symptoms on mental health literacy of college students.
Kim, J. E., Saw, A., & Zane, N. (2015). The influence of psychological symptoms on mental health literacy of college students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85(6), 620-630.http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ort0000074
Abstract
Psychological problems, such as depression and anxiety, are common among college students, but few receive treatment for it. Mental health literacy may partially account for low rates of mental health treatment utilization. We report 2 studies that investigated mental health literacy among individuals with varying degrees of psychological symptoms, using cross-sectional online survey methodology. Study 1 involved 332 college students, of which 32% were categorized as high depressed using an established measure of depression, and mental health literacy for depression was assessed using a vignette. Logistic regression results showed that high depressed individuals were less likely to recognize depression compared to low depressed individuals, and depression recognition was associated with recommendations to seek help. Study 2 replicated and extended findings of Study 1 using a separate sample of 1,321 college students with varying degrees of psychological distress (32% no/mild distress, 55% moderate distress, and 13% serious distress) and examining mental health literacy for anxiety in addition to depression. Results indicated that compared to those with no/mild distress, those with moderate distress had lower recognition of depression, and those with moderate and serious distress were less likely to recommend help-seeking. In contrast, there were no differences in mental health literacy for anxiety, which was low across all participants. These findings suggest that psychological symptoms can impact certain aspects of mental health literacy, and these results have implications for targeting mental health literacy to increase mental health services utilization among individuals in need of help. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305776185_The_Mental_Health_Literacy_Scale_MHLS
@Victor Kovalets: Thank you for your insight. I'll try to find more information first before deciding what to do for the research
@ Hendrika Vande Kemp:Thank you for the suggestion. I will look for questionnaires used in several researches first. although I actually prefer the free article, hehe.
@HAfidha S Al-Barashdi: Thank you. It seems good to use. I actually want something with less vignettes, as many of our patients have low education and probably dislike "having exam". But it seems to be good enough for now.
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