[Assessing family problems and the rate of their tendency to admitting and keeping mentally - ill patients at home after discharging from Mashhad hospital [1380-1382]]

ABSTRACT

The assessment of the remaining documents shows that phenomenon of mentally ill patients has existed since the beginning of the creation of mankind. The attitude and reaction of the society toward this fact has been under permanent change. The prevalence rate of mental problems and their hazardous effects on individuals, families and the society is increasing with growth of population and the urban life. No ethnic or nation has had an effective resistance against being attacked by these disorders. In regard to the importance of families' participation in care and rehabilitation of mentally ill patients as a key in successful treatment all over the world, more attention should be paid. The purpose of this study is to determine possible factors that could influence patients' acceptance by their families after discharging from Hospitals in Mashhad. The samples of this descriptive study [658patients] were randomly chosen and data were collected in 658 patients' families whose their patients discharged from hospital during 1380-1382. Their families interviewed by structured questionnaires. One-way ANOVA and Chi-square were used For information analysis. Findings showed that 23.9% of the families had "high" tendency for accepting the patient at home, 53.8% had "medium" tendency and the remaining 22.3% had no tendency for supporting and keeping patients and the type of family supporting, the patient relationship with his family members and family's supports, the signs of illness, the degree of his ability in doing house affairs, the type of family reactions to the patient's illness signs, level of education [family and patient] and patient's income and occupation, have significant relation with their tendency. There was a significant correlation between family's knowledge of appropriate behavior with patient and their tendency to accepting him/her [P=0.000] and also between the rate of family's satisfaction of state contributions and hospital aids and their tendency to that acceptance [P=0.02]. Experts should carefully evaluate families' psychopathology during treatment and rehabilitation of patients. In order to increase patients' security and acceptance in families, mental health facilities in the community and community mental health councils are essential