Arun, C Varghese (2012) A study to assess the self care ability and mental status among schizophrenic patients undergoing occupational therapy in a selected psychiatric nursing home, Kottayam, Kerala. Masters thesis, Annai J.K.K. Sampoorani Ammal College of Nursing, Komarapalayam.
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Abstract
A study to assess the self care ability and mental status among schizophrenic patients undergoing occupational therapy in selected psychiatric nursing home, Kerala, is submitted as the partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Nursing. It was done by 30093642 from Annai J.K.K. Sampoorani Ammal College under the Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, April 2011. The objectives of the study were to describe the self care ability and mental status of schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy, to test the association between self care ability and mental status among schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy and to test the association between self care ability, mental status and selected factors among schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy. The Research Hypothesis includes H1-There will be a significant correlation between self care ability and mental status among schizophrenic patients , H2- There will be significant association between self care ability and mental status among schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy, H3-There will be significant association between self care ability and selected factors among schizophrenic patients undergoing occupational therapy and H4-There will be significant association between Mental status and selected factors of schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy. The review of literature was collected under the following heading: (1) Studies related to Occupational Therapy and Schizophrenic patients, (2) Studies related to Self care Ability of Schizophrenic patients and occupational therapy and Studies related to Mental Status of Schizophrenic patients and occupational therapy. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was Three Tier work related social skills [Hector Tsang,1996].The Research Design used for the study was Descriptive design. The Setting of the study was Nazareth Asram (a psychiatric nursing home, Vazhoor), Kottayam, Kerala. The sample size was 108 Schizophrenic patients undergoing Occupational therapy selected by Purposive Sampling . The tool were developed from Allen Cognitive Scale for Daily Living and Mini Mental Status Examination (Folstein,1975) was Modified and Validated. The Tool was Reliable and Feasible. The reliability of the tool was established by Inter rater Reliability, the Coefficient of Correlation was r=0.87, found to be highly reliable. The findings of the study revealed there was significant positive co-relation between self care ability and mental status of schizophrenic patients in relation to occupational therapy. There was significant association between self care ability, mental status and selected factors in terms of duration of Occupational therapy and type of Schizophrenia. The study concluded that as the duration of Occupational therapy increases majority of the Schizophrenic patients showed improvement in Self care ability and mental status. So that the Mental Health Nurses must be a part and parcel of promoting Social productivity of schizophrenic patients through Occupational skill training.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Self Care Ability ; Mental Status ; Schizophrenic Patients ; Occupational Therapy ; Psychiatric Nursing Home ; Kottayam ; Kerala. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2017 11:39 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2017 09:47 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4405 |
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