Service satisfaction and perceived social support mediate the effect of internalised stigma on quality of life of people with mental illness: mediation analysis.

ABSTRACT: When people with mental illnesses internalise stigma, their quality of life (QoL) can be compromised. However, previous studies in sub-Saharan countries, including Ethiopia, have not examined the relationship between internalised stigma and QoL, nor how factors such as service satisfaction and perceived social support might mediate this relationship. In this study using a mediation analysis model we explore the possible mediating role of service satisfaction and perceived social support in the relationship between internalised stigma and QoL among people with mental illness attending psychiatry outpatient clinics. Six hundred thirty-eight patients diagnosed with mental illness were interviewed by psychiatry nurses with a questionnaire that measured QoL, internalised stigma, service satisfa

SUBMITTER: Alemu WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12923882 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature