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Willingness on hospital stay among the tribal patient with mental illness and their caregivers

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Background

Experiences of patients with mental illness inpatient facility though seem very relevant for discourse in generating inferences to improve inpatient facilities, but seems redundant when patients and their caregivers become passive in decision making related to admission of the patient.

Objective

The study was undertaken to find out the willingness on hospital stay among the tribal patients with mental illness and their caregivers visiting a psychiatric set-up.

Methods

A descriptive study had been undertaken to find out the objectives of the study. Data were collected at the Ispat General Hospital from fifty tribal respondents who were admitted to the department of psychiatry.

Findings

Nearly about 88% of patients with mental illness are not interested to stay in the hospital; whereas 76% of caregivers express their inability on hospital stays with the patients at the psychiatric department.

Conclusion

Improved hospital conditions are highly required that should be more patient and caregivers friendly. Mental health literacy is to be given to the tribal community, which will help them in getting proper medical facilities thereby increasing the health care of tribals.

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The first author is enrolled in the Ph.D. programme at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, India.

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  1. Department of Social Work, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India

    Chittaranjan Subudhi

  2. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India

    Ramakrishna Biswal & Abhijit Pathak

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Subudhi, C., Biswal, R. & Pathak, A. Willingness on hospital stay among the tribal patient with mental illness and their caregivers. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health 7, 183–187 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-020-00170-z

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