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HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2016 Service Enhancement Presentations

F5.1 Healthcare Advances, Research and Innovations 09:00 Room 421

The Impact of Patient Artwork on Public Perception towards People with Intellectual Disability
Chan C, Chan KF, Cheng Q, Cheung KC, Li WY
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Castle Peak Hospital, Hong Kong

Introduction

Intellectual Disability Activity Centre of Excellence, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Castle Peak Hospital
facilitates explorations in various creative art activities for patients with intellectual disability. To better publicise their work,
enhance public awareness and achieve the goal of de-stigmatisation, the Patient Art Exhibition is organised at regular
intervals in public areas. A survey on public perception towards people with intellectual disability was carried out during the
Patient Art Exhibitions.

Objectives
To evaluate the impact of patient artwork on public perception towards people with intellectual disability.

Methodology

The questionnaire consisted of 10 items capturing the perception about samples’ experiences after the art exhibition. The
respondents rated on the 10-items questionnaire by a Likert-scale of 5-points from 1 point for “strongly disagree” to 5 point
for “strongly agree”. Data were analysed using the SPSS. The Significant level was set at P<0.05.

Results

234 respondents completed the questionnaire. 43.6% were collected from exhibition in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
and 56.4% from Yuen Long Theatre respectively. The majority (58.5%) of them fell into the age of below 25 years. The overall
mean score was 4.37 (SD=0.486). The mean of female was 4.38 and male was 4.35. Also mean score 4.48 for age group
below 25, 4.26 for age 25 to 44, 4.16 for age 45 to 64 and 4.19 for 65 and above respectively. The female group and the age
group of below 25 had better positive perception in the survey. An independent t-test on the collected data was performed
between the exhibition in Polytechnic University and Yuen Long Theatre which produced a t-value of -2.43 and a p-value
of p=0.016 (<0.05, confidence level 95%). The p-value, smaller than 0.05, thus there was sufficient statistical evidence
indicating that the mean number of people was different between the two places. Finally, ANOVA was used to explore
correlation between demographic data and the outcomes. There was linear correlation between age and the degree of
perception outcome (P=0.000087, r=0.256). The result showed that Patient Art Exhibition could help the public to appreciate
the talent and ability of people with intellectual disability and to promote the public’s positive perception towards people with
intellectual disability.

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