A Comparative Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude towards Mental Illness among Adults in Selected Urban and Rural Area

A Comparative Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude towards Mental Illness among Adults in Selected Urban and Rural Area - A comparative descriptive study was conducted to compare the knowledge, attitude regarding mental illness among adults between urban and rural area. A total of 100 adults were adopted in selected urban and rural areas by using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire and Likert's scale. Data was also analyzed by descriptive statistics (mean, median, frequency and percentage) and Chi squared (?2) test. The result revealed that the majority 82% of adults had good knowledge in urban but 78% of rural adults had poor knowledge about mental illness. The majority 86% of rural adults had negative attitude towards mental illness whereas in urban, majority of 94% adults had negative attitude towards mental illness. The calculated 't' value ('t (99)'=13.3, p Keywords: Adult, attitude, comparative, knowledge, mental illness, rural, urban, area.