Types of Culture Bound Belief, Its Intensity and Correlation with Educational Level and Socio-Economic Status
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: The present study was carried to evaluate the role of cultural belief and its intensity with education level and socio economical condition. Research was carried out at C.U. Shah medical college and hospital, Surendranagar. Patient attended the psychiatric department were evaluated about having cultural belief. The cultural belief, its intensity measured by the brown assessment of belief scale in 100 patients. In this research we found that Person who were illiterate and lower level of education were found to harbour such belief more compare to person with higher level of education and it was statistically significant. Though less numbers of patient from class 1 were found with belief, compare to lower class but the difference was not statistically significant. More work should be done in population with low educational level and regardless of socio economical level. Keywords: cultural belief, education, psychiatric division, Patient
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Milankumar Rokad, Prakash Mehta, Kamlesh Patel, Kaushal Shah, Chetan Shah, Naren Amin
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