scholarly journals How Intern Doctors View ‘Psychiatry and Mental health’?

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
D.R. Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Qualitative Survey ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Introduction: The knowledge and attitude prevailing during internship of medical education are likely to influence whole career. Psychiatry is seen differently, at times unrealistically. Such views might have adverse consequences. The objective of this study was to assess knowledge and views of intern MBBS doctors of B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal about ‘Psychiatry and mental health’. Material and Method: A cross-sectional semi-qualitative survey was done by explaining about the study, distributing a questionnaire and analysing collected samples of the interns. Results: Within study period, 50 respondents participated. Twenty percent respondents were female. One-third subjects were from Kathmandu valley, followed by other cities of Nepal and India. Two-thirds opted psychiatry posting, half to learn about it. About 25% considered psychiatry for career. Majority viewed psychiatry should integrate with other departments. Only few meant mental illness to be unremitting and chronic only, and considered mental patients dangerous and aggressive. More believed that majority of patients understand others’ feelings, attitudes and behavior; and can be productive if treated appropriately. A great majority felt that the management should be multi-sectorial and multi-dimensional. They expressed dissatisfaction about current position of mental health on national health-policy and advised public awareness as the most important step to change the situation. Conclusion: Intern-doctors of a tertiary-care teaching hospital with psychiatry teaching, in overall, have favorable attitude towards psychiatry and mental health.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AMONG NURSING STAFF

2003 ◽  
Vol 42 (145) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pramod M. Shyangwa ◽  
S Singh ◽  
S K Khandelwal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

ABSTRACTThe magnitude of mental health problem is cosiderable. However the attitude of the general public towardsmental illness and mentally ill people is largely negative. Perception and knowledge of the nursing staff onthis topic is important as they directly deal with patients and their relatives, and they are also involved indisseminating health information. A negative attitude is known hindrance to providing quality service tomentally or physically ill persons. This study, therefore, carried out among nursing staff at B. P. KoiralaInstitute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS) a tertiary care center in Nepal, aims to find out nurses’ knowledgeand attitude about mental illness.It is a cross-sectional, descriptive study with 110 respondents, who were predominantly females (97.27%)and young (mean age=25.7year). The study revealed some interesting findings as many of the participantsthought mentally ill people are ‘ insane’ (37.5%). The majority had showed their knowledge about causes ofmental illness as genetic or inherited (65.4%) and biochemical disturbances (90.0%). About three fourthwere ready to work together (71.8%) and chat with them (91.8%). Respondents expressed their faith inpsychiatrists (93.5%) but less in faith healers (3.0%). The vast majority had obtained information aboutmental illness from ‘seeing mentally ill persons’ (94.0%) followed by communication with medical personnel(84.5%). This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and by and large a positive attitude.Key Words: Mental health, nurses, knowledge, attitude, Nepal.

scholarly journals Application of Clean and Healthy Living Behavior (PHBS) From The Household Knowledge and Attitude Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-49
Author(s):  
Ronasari Mahaji Putri ◽  
Yanti Rosdiana ◽  
Aprilia Choirun Nisa
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
P Value ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

Background: The behavior of clean and healthy life (PHBS) is an obligation to be carried out by everyone. PHBS is an effort to maintain the health of themselves and their families. The PHBS coaching program has been running for approximately 18 years, but its success is far from expected. It is necessary to explore the factors underlying the failure to implement PHBS. Mothers as educators in the family, have an obligation not only to implement PHBS for themselves, but also educate their children to conduct clean and healthy lifestyle.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the application of clean and healthy behavior (PHBS) from the study of knowledge and attitudes of housewives in the household setting.Method: This research is a descriptive study with a cross sectional approach, involving 39 housewives in RT 03 RW 06 Tlogomas Malang. The sample is taken in total side. The independent variable is the knowledge and attitudes of housewives, while the dependent variable is clean and healthy living behavior. Instrument to explore knowledge, attitudes and behavior using a questionnaire. Data analysis using the Spearman rank test.Result: The results showed that as many as 43.6% of housewives were well informed, 76.9% of housewives had good attitudes, and as many as 69.2% of mothers had good PHBS. Statistical tests show there is no relationship between knowledge with PHBS (p value 0.792), and there is a relationship between attitudes and PHBS of housewives (p-value 0.007).Conclusion: The application of clean and healthy lifestyle is not related to knowledge, but is related to the attitude of housewives in RT 03 RW 06 Tlogomas Malang.

scholarly journals Awareness about thalassemia and feasibility of cascade screening in families of thalassemia major patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 2526
Author(s):  
Leeha Singh ◽  
Minal Wade ◽  
Mukesh Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Thalassemia Major ◽  
Western India ◽  
Cascade Screening ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: The main objective of this study is to assess knowledge and attitude of parents & extended relatives of children diagnosed with Thalassemia major and to evaluate feasibility of screening of extended families for thalassemia trait by correlating their willingness to get screened with actual screening.Methods: This was a cross sectional type of descriptive  analytical study, conducted at the thalassemia day care center at a tertiary care teaching hospital in western India among 230 study population using a pre-designed and pre-validated structured questionnaire.Results: We found the overall knowledge score of parents about thalassemia was significantly better than relatives. About 95.83% of parents and only 31.86% of the relatives amongst the study population had adequate knowledge. Majority of study population (84.61% relatives and 100% parents) had positive attitude. The significant contributing factors for knowledge and attitude towards thalassemia were age, marital status, education level, religion and per capita monthly income. 2% relatives agreed to get themselves screened for thalassemia status out of which only 20% got themselves screened.Conclusions: This study has identified key areas which need to be highlighted and emphasized in public awareness campaigns for thalassemia screening in India.

scholarly journals Psychotherapy for child and adolescent with psychiatric disorder attending in National Institute of Mental Health, Dhaka

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-57
Author(s):  
Md Zahir Uddin ◽  
Muhammad Zillur Rahman Khan ◽  
Mumita Jerin Nilav ◽  
Md Faruq Alam ◽  
Md Abdul Mohit
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Conversion Disorder ◽  
Dropout Rate ◽  
Child And Adolescent ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
And Behavior

Psychotherapy for child and adolescent with psychiatric disorder is relatively a newer concept in Bangladesh. This cross sectional study was done to determine the pattern of psychotherapy provided by the psychotherapy department for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorder in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) from June 2010 to November 2014. Total 121 samples were taken purposefully from the records of psychotherapy department where data were collected retrospectively using check list. Results showed that among respondents more were boys than girls (64.5% vs. 35.5%) whereas their mean (±SD) age was 12.1 (±3.2) years. Majority (47.9%) of them were within class six to class ten. Most of the respondents (89%) were referred from the outpatient department and 11% were referred by inpatient department. Conduct disorder (27.3%), conversion disorder (13.2%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (12.4%) and intellectual developmental disorder (9.1%) were common diagnoses of the respondents. It was found that 74.4% respondents attended up to one to five psychotherapy sessions and cognitive behavior therapy (38%) and behavior therapy (25.6%) were most commonly used psychotherapy. Though 60.3% of the respondents improved to certain extent in psychotherapy sessions, patient’s dropout rate was found as 55.4%.Bang J Psychiatry Dec 2014; 28(2): 53-57

scholarly journals The Knowledge, Attitude, and Behavior of Hospitalized Patients' Families in the Effort to Prevent COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anies Dewi Wirati Indraswari ◽  
Abdul Aziz ◽  
Meircurius Dwi Condro Surboyo
Keyword(s):  
Strong Relationship ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hospitalized Patients ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The Right ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Introduction The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has also hit Indonesia. Until September 2020, cases continued to increase with the highest number in Jakarta. The right behavior needs to be followed to prevent COVID-19; this aspect has a strong relationship with knowledge and attitude. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior of hospitalized patients' families in Fatmawati Hospital, Jakarta, in an effort to prevent COVID-19. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 respondents using a self-administered questionnaire to assess their knowledge, attitude, and behavior about COVID-19. The relationship between knowledge, attitude, and behavior was analyzed using the chi-square test with p < 0.05. Results Most of the participants responded to the questionnaire showing a good knowledge, attitude, and behavior related to the efforts to prevent COVID-19. No relationship was present between knowledge, attitude, and behavior in an effort to prevent COVID-19 (p = 0.414 and p = 0.165). Conclusion The hospitalized patients' families exhibited an adequate level of knowledge, attitude, and preventive behaviors toward COVID-19.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude & Practice Among Psoriasis Patients in India Towards Teledermatology During COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-13
Author(s):  
Archana Mavoori ◽  
Sudha Bala ◽  
Rajiv Kumar Bandaru ◽  
Aruna Kumari Yerra
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon the entire community norms of social distancing and home quarantine. Follow up consultations in these times can be made through teledermatology through smart phones. Success of this technology in these hours of crisis depends upon the knowledge, attitude and behaviour of patients towards teledermatology. Follow up consultations done through teleconsultations will decrease risk of exposure to COVID-19 among psoriasis patients who need frequent follow ups. Aim: The main objective of this study is to assess the awareness, knowledge, attitude and practice of teledermatology through teledermatology among psoriasis patients at a tertiary care teaching hospital. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey, from Psoriasis Clinic registry maintained in the outpatient department of DVL of a tertiary care teaching hospital in India is conducted. A pre-validated self-administered questionnaire is used for the survey to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of teledermatology. Analysis will be done as per study objectives using descriptive statistics for quantitative data and content analysis for qualitative data. Results: Out of 150 patients, 87(58%) were males and females were 63(42%). Most common age group to participate in the study was 36-45 years- 43(28.7%). Majority of participants were educated up to –graduate 53(35.3%). Males had higher knowledge and attitude scores compared to females. Most of the patients found using teleconsutations easy and convenient. Conclusion: Teledermatology is the need of the hour to be implemented in these hours of COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals RELATIONSHIP OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR ABOUT NUTRITION BALANCE WITH NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF STUDENT IN POLTEKKES KEMENKES BENGKULU IN 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Thesa Frovela
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Food Selection ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Nutrition Balance ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Nutritional Balance

The health and nutritional status of pregnant women determined at teenager and adult during a eligible woman, so everyone must have knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about nutrition so that they don’t have mistakes in food selection. The purpose of this observation is determine the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about nutritional balance with the nutritional status of students in Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu in 2020. The design of this observation is obsevational cross-sectional design conducted in January in Poltekkes Kemenkes Bengkulu with a population of 640 people and a sample of 60 people. The statistical analysis used the pearson correlation test. The results showed that the average knowledge about balanced nutrition was good enough, the average attitude about balanced nutrition was good, the average behavior about balanced nutrition was good and the average nutritional status of female students was in the normal category. There is a relationship between knowledge about nutritional balance with nutritional status of student (r = 0.324), there is a relationship between attitudes about nutritional balance with nutritional status of student (r = 0.373), and there is a relationship between behavior about nutritional balance with nutritional status of student (r = 0.343). It is expected that students can improve their knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about nutritional balance.

scholarly journals The Instrumental Framework to Measuring Environmental Awareness

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
R. A. Vesitara Kencanasari ◽  
Usep Surahman ◽  
Asep Yudi Permana
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Awareness Training ◽  
Study Results ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Awareness Level

Environmental awareness needs to be increased because it plays an important role for the survival of life. To find out the level of public awareness of the environment it is necessary to conduct a workshop or environmental awareness training. The purpose of this study is to identify and generate an instrument indicator to measure the environmental awareness. This article looks at a variety of relevant literature in order to explore the aspects that must be present In the instrument to measuring the environmental awareness level. The literature study results are obtained the aspects that must have to consist of two aspects namely pro-environment and not pro-environment, in which indicators are made from the start of knowledge, attitudes and behavior. The implication of this literature review is to provide information and recommend a set of a framework to academics in making instruments measuring the level of public awareness of the environment.

scholarly journals A Study of awareness, attitude and practice of pharmacovigilance among health care professionals in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Bareilly, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1784
Author(s):  
Krishna Singh ◽  
Kauser Sayedda ◽  
Richa Bhardwaj ◽  
Neha Yadav ◽  
Quazi Shahir Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Know How ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Awareness towards Pharmacovigilance among health professionals in any hospital is an important part of health care system. So, the present study was conducted to know the extent of awareness of Pharmacovigilance among health care professionals.Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire based study about knowledge, attitude and practices towards adverse drugs reaction (ADRs) and Pharmacovigilance was carried out at Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institue of Medical Sciences, Bareilly (U.P). 153 questionnaires were distributed among the Post graduate students, faculties, interns, nurses and pharmacists. 2-3 days time was given to fill the questionnaire.Results: Out of 153 questionnaires distributed, 99 filled forms were turned up for evaluation. Hence, response rate was 64.70%. 73.33% PGs, 100% faculty members, 53.33% interns, 36% nurses and 18.75% pharmacists were aware of adverse drugs reactions (ADRs) and Pharmacovigilance. Regarding reporting of ADRs, 86.66% PGs, 91.66% faculties, 73.33% interns, 88% nurses and 81.25% pharmacists were agreed to report ADR as it is mandatory and related to increased patients’ safety. Regarding discouraging factors for practice of reporting ADRs, 20% PGs, 16.66% faculties, 80% interns, 40% nurses and 68.75% pharmacists found ADR forms difficult to be filled. According to 66% faculties, 80% PGs, 66.66% interns managing patients are more important than reporting ADRs while 93.75% nurses and 76% pharmacists did not know how to report and where to report.Conclusions: The results of our study indicate that the acceptable number of health-care professionals had a good knowledge and attitude towards pharmacovigilance. There was a huge gap between the ADR experienced, and ADR reported by the health-care professionals. So, there is need of conductance of CMEs, workshops and seminars related to pharmacovigilance for all heaith care professionals especially nurses and pharmacists so, that whole community can be benefitted.

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