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REACTIONS OF PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY CAREGIVERS TOWARDS HOSPITALIZATION
2nd International Conference on PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
May 20-21, 2019 | Rome, Italy
Sawsan Kamal Khalil EL Galad
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for health sciences, KSA University of Alexandria College of Nursing, Egypt
Keynote : J Clin Psychiatry Cog Psychol
Abstract:
Introduction: Psychiatric hospital is still the main setting for the care of the
mentally disturbed people, particularly in the developing countries hospitalization
is generally a stressful experience and can be viewed as crisis situation
for patients and their family which affects their willingness and cooperation
in the treatment as psychiatric treatment begins with the initial interview, patients
and their family caregivers reactions and feelings about hospitalization
should be investigated to secure better prognosis.
Aim of the Study: To determine the reactions of psychotic patients and their
family caregivers towards hospitalization in mental hospital.
Results: The main results obtained are more than half of the subjects (56%)
were diagnosed as schizophrenics. The majority of the studied patients
(83.3%) were seen by a private doctor. Nearly three quarters of the studied
subjects (73.3%) reported that they were not informed about the admission
to the hospital. Half of the studied patients (50%) stated that they were cheated
by family, (24%) were admitted either by force or police and only (20.6%)
were admitted voluntary, (41.3%) of the studied patients expected that they
will be stigmatized by hospitalization. Patients reporting negative feelings
towards their hospitalization while the majority of family caregivers (86.7%)
reacted positively to their patient hospitalization. The majority of the studied
caregivers (83.3%) stated that admission of patient to hospital not cause any
problems at home, while (16.7%) stated that admission of the patient to the
hospital cause problems at home as negligence of the children caring and
financial problems.
Conclusion: The main recommendations yielded by this study, the patient
should be informed about the reasons for admission, treatment plan and the
estimated length of stay. This will make admission less traumatic. There is a
need to educate the community about mental illness to try to dispel the stigma
and wrong beliefs concerning patients.
Biography:
Sawsan Kamal Khalil EL Galad is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, KSA. She has 20 years of teaching experience in the field of Nnursing. She obtained her BNSc, MNSc and DNSc from University of Alexandria, Egypt since 1998 to 2013.
E-mail: galads@ksau-hs.edu.sa
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