A Study to Assess Post Facto Effect of Psychiatric Management Among Patients Who Had Undergone Treatment in Psychiatric Unit in Selected Hospitals of Durg, Chhattisgarh

Abstract

Health is a greatest asset of man. A healthy body is considered to be the first condition for living a better and happy life Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. More clearly “No Health without Mental Health” Globally, mental illness affects approximately 22% of the population Mental disorders may affect one out of four people during their lives globally. In the US [9], approximately 1 in 5 individuals experiences mental illness each year, yet less than half (46.2%) receive treatment. In India, there is a wide variation in prevalence rate from 0.48% to 29.40%. A report published in October 2021 [10] shows that women had the highest share of mental health disorders in India, amounting to 39% and 30% of stress and anxiety health disorder respectively. As a consequence of rapid demographic and socioeconomic changes, Chhattisgarh state India is in an epidemiological transition. Access to mental health care is limited and few health policies address mental health issues that hamper the continuous treatment and follow up like post effect of treatment modalities. Aim: The present study is aimed to assess post facto effect of psychiatric management among patient who had undergone treatment in psychiatric unit. Setting and Design: A descriptive research design approach with nonexperimental research design was adopted for the study. The study focused on post facto effect of psychiatric management among patient who had undergone treatment in psychiatric unit of selected district hospital Durg (C.G.). Result: As the present study aimed to find out the post facto effect of psychiatric management the reliability of the tool was found to be acceptable as for effect of post facto effect of psychiatric management (r=0.68). there is significant association of post facto effect of psychiatric management with marital status as (χ2_cal17.6> χ2_tab 9.49) at 0.05 level of significance and type of illness as (χ2_cal27.6> χ2_tab9.49) at 0.05 level of significance. Hence, H1 i.e., there is association between post facto effect of psychiatric management with selected socio demographic variables in regards to marital status and type of illness is accepted.