overview over the rate of satisfaction of mental patients and their families from the mental health programs in rural areas

ABSTRACT

This study was aimed to evaluate satisfaction of psychiatric patients and their families from mental health programs in rural centers in Sanandaj city. The study sample included 51 psychiatric patients and families who are coverage of rural health center. Data was collected through an administration of questionnaires. The collected data was analysed using the descriptive and nonparametric statistic. 47.6%psychiatric patients and their families reported satisfaction from mental health services delivery system. Also 57.8%of them were satisfied from rural health centers personals and 57.1%of them were satisfied from the service delivery system in rural health center, 86.2%and psychiatric patient were satisfied from receiving mental health services financially and interms of spending time respectively. 64.8%psychiatric patients were not satisfied from therapeutic outcomes. The promotion of the quality of services delivery system, particulary psychiatric medication, referring and following up in rural health centers would increase the satisfaction of psychiatric patients and hence, this program should be more successful in respect of its purposes: