By MCOL
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Nurses Survey: The 4 Takeaways
• 87% of patients or their caregivers feel some level of stigma associated with their or the person in their care’s current health condition.
• 44% reported feeling embarrassed to talk about their current health condition.
• 43% felt their health condition isn’t something that’s regularly talked about and is rarely represented in the media.
• 99% patients and their caregivers say that stigma can negatively impact or slow perceived healing of a patient with a current health condition.
Source: Convatec Group Plc via PRNewswire, May 18, 2022
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