Authors
Jing Wang, Hong Wang, Xi Chen
Published in
Frontiers in public health. Volume 14. Pages 1870693. Epub Jun 25, 2026.
Abstract
To explore nursing students' experiences of participating in a schizophrenia stigma-reduction intervention and identify implications for intervention refinement and implementation.
Nursing students play a critical role in the care and rehabilitation of individuals with schizophrenia. However, their experiences with stigma-reduction interventions remain underexplored, limiting evidence to optimize intervention design and delivery.
A qualitative descriptive study.
Purposive sampling was used to recruit nursing students who had participated in a pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) conducted in Changsha, Hunan Province, China (22-27 March 2023). Data were collected through online focus group interviews via the Tencent Video Conference platform. Data collection and analysis were conducted concurrently, using expanded field notes, coding tables, and iterative categorization to identify themes.
Thirty nursing students participated in five focus group interviews (4-8 participants per group; 46-113 min; mean ≈ 68 min). Participants were aged 20-23 years; 77% were female. Four themes emerged: feasibility of the intervention, accessibility of the intervention, perceived efficacy of the intervention, and suggestions for future implementation.
The intervention was perceived as feasible, accessible, and effective by nursing students. Participants also provided practical recommendations to improve intervention design and delivery. These findings offer valuable insights to inform the optimisation and future implementation of schizophrenia stigma-reduction interventions among health professional students.
PMID:
42428930
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 10 Jul 2026.
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