Table 2 Numbers and percentages of the primary healthcare staff by characteristics about evaluation of work, knowledge of psychiatric illness, and social culture

The chances for patients to rehabilitate through the work of primary healthcare staff

Patients known to have rehabilitated or stayed well

Large

173 (43.8)

1.85 (0.552)

6.893**

Most of them

164 (41.5)

1.83 (0.608)

14.894***

General

170 (43.0)

2.03 (0.597)

Nearly half of them

114 (28.9)

1.94 (0.551)

Small

44 (11.1)

2.15 (0.461)

Fewer than half of them

108 (27.3)

2.21 (0.489)

Work experience in psychiatric/psychological departments

Training about mental health since work

Yes

33 (8.4)

1.71 (0.599)

2.637**

Yes

230 (58.2)

1.96 (0.566)

0.312

No

354 (89.6)

1.99 (0.575)

No

157 (39.7)

1.98 (0.592)

Medical school education

Yes

328 (83.0)

1.95 (0.600)

1.045

No

50 (12.7)

2.04 (0.482)

Attitude of relatives and friends towards patients

Attitude of mass media towards patients

Sympathetic

233 (59.0)

1.86 (0.601)

11.227***

Sympathetic

283 (71.6)

1.91 (0.588)

7.730**

Neutral

111 (28.1)

2.13 (0.462)

Neutral

72 (18.2)

2.02 (0.467)

Aloof

43 (10.9)

2.13 (0.533)

Aloof

32 (8.1)

2.31 (0.516)