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Table 1 Comparisons of Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI) scale and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) mean scores in baseline (BL) and end of training (ET) assessments (n = 78)

From: Education in mental health promotion and its impact on the participants' attitudes and perceived mental health

 

BL assessment, mean (SE)

ET assessment, mean (SE)

Effect size

F (df = 1.77)

P valuea

OMI (Greek version):

     

Factor A (social discrimination)

20.6 (1.9)

15.7 (1.3)

0.34

4.37

0.040

Factor B (social restriction)

13.8 (1.7)

9.1 (0.8)

0.40

4.31

0.041

Factor C (social care)

23.4 (0.5)

23.7 (0.4)

0.07

2.10

0.151

Factor D (social integration)

20.0 (0.7)

21.5 (0.4)

0.31

4.58

0.036

Factor E (etiology)

9.9 (0.7)

8.5 (0.6)

0.24

1.33

0.253

GHQ-28 subscales

     

Somatic symptoms

4.1 (0.4)

3.4 (0.3)

0.22

3.29

0.074

Anxiety/insomnia

5.1 (0.5)

3.8 (0.4)

0.33

5.39

0.024

Social dysfunction

6.2 (0.3)

5.2 (0.3)

0.38

4.26

0.042

Severe depression

1.6 (0.3)

1.2 (0.3)

0.15

1.09

0.301

Total score

17.0 (1.1)

13.6 (0.9)

0.38

10.17

0.002

  1. aP value for time effect (analysis of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)).