Year: 2023 | Month: October | Volume: 13 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 47-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20231006
A Study to Assess the Knowledge, Perceived Challenges, and Coping Strategies on Home Care Management Among Caregivers of Mentally Ill Patients with the View to Evaluate the Effectiveness of an Information Booklet on the Knowledge of Home Care Management in a Selected Hospital of Delhi
Deepa1, Prof. (Dr.) Bimla Kapoor2, Mitali Biswas3
1Nurse Educator, Fortis La Femme, GK-II, New Delhi
2Former Professor and Director School of Health Sciences (IGNOU)
3Assistant Professor, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi
Corresponding Author: Deepa
ABSTRACT
The objectives of the study were: To assess the knowledge, perceived challenges, and coping strategies of caregivers on home care management of mentally ill patients, to seek association between knowledge and demographic variables and previous knowledge of home care, to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of an information booklet on the knowledge on home care management. to determine the correlation between knowledge and perceived challenges.
Materials And Methods: This study was carried out in two phases in which the assessment of knowledge on home care, perceived challenges and coping strategies was done in phase-I and evaluation of the effectiveness of information booklet on home care management was done in phase-II. The sample were 100 caregivers of mentally ill patients in phase-I and 37 caregivers in phase-II. The sampling technique was purposive for both the phases. The tool used were structured knowledge questionnaire, rating scale and standardized brief COPE for coping strategies.
Results: Major findings of the study revealed 63% of caregivers of mentally ill patients had good level of knowledge. It was found that majority of the caregivers e.g., 68% of mentally ill patients were having moderately perceived challenges. Most of the caregivers of mentally ill patients used problem focused coping style. There was a positive correlation between knowledge and perceived challenges. Based on the findings in Phase-I the information booklet on home care management was developed. The development of informational booklet on home care management was effective to increase the knowledge of the caregivers.
Key words: [Home Care Management, Perceived Challenges, Caregivers of mentally ill patients]