UNMET NEEDS AND CARE RECEIVED AT HOME BY THE MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS ATTENDING OPD IN SELECTED PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, WEST BENGAL

Author Name: Ms. Sanchita Bhunia

Volume/Issue: 03/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2022-82643643/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Senior Faculty, Dept.  of Psychiatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Institute of Psychiatry-COE, Kolkata, India

ABSTRACT

Families are often the care givers of people with mental disorders. To assess the unmet needs and care received at home by the mentally ill patients. To find out the association between unmet needs and care received at home by the mentally ill patients with the selected demographic variables.A quantitative survey approach and descriptive research design was adapted. 200 hundred mentally ill patients were selected from out patient department through non probability purposive sampling technique. Demographic data and need assessment data were collected by using valid, reliable structured interview schedule. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. The finding of the study revealed that unmet needs were present in different domains such as physiological domain (50%), safety security domain( 62%), Psychological domain (58%), Social domain (47%), recreational domain (64%), Spiritual & moral domain (29%) of subjects. It was found that there was statistical significant association between unmet needs and family income in physiological domain, education, family income in safety security domain and psychological domain, family income in social domain , sex, education , family income in recreational domain, sex , family income , occupation in spiritual and moral domain. Unmet needs present among the mentally ill patients in different domains. Therefore, this study recommended awareness programme in community on care of mentally ill patients to improve their quality of life.

Key words: Unmet needs and care received