A study to evaluate the level of knowledge among caregivers attending psychiatric outpatient departments at different hospitals in Indore regarding the rights of mentally ill patients

Priyanka Patel

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.61008

A study to evaluate the level of knowledge among caregivers attending psychiatric outpatient departments at different hospitals in Indore regarding the rights of mentally ill patients

Author(s)	Miss Priyanka Patel
Country	India
Abstract	Numerous human rights issues are exacerbated by mental illness. Both inside and outside of the healthcare setting, people with mental problems are exposed to a variety of human rights violations. Individuals who suffer from mental illness and their loved ones typically lack awareness of their rights, are unsure of how to use them effectively, and lack confidence while asserting their rights. The knowledge, commitment, and attitude of mental health professionals are the most crucial factors in protecting patients' rights. OBJECTIVES: 1. To gauge caregivers' awareness of mentally ill patients' rights. 2. To correlate caregivers' knowledge scores about the rights of mentally ill patients with the demographic characteristics they have chosen. HYPOTHESIS: H1: There will be a substantial correlation between the chosen demographic characteristics and the caregivers' level of awareness of the rights of mentally ill patients who visit the psychiatric outpatient department. METHODS AND MATERIAL: For this study, a non-probability sampling technique and a non-experimental descriptive research approach were used. The scene was in several hospitals in Indore. A self-structured knowledge checklist was created to evaluate the knowledge of fifty caregivers who were attending mental outpatient departments at different hospitals in Indore. Descriptive statistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, and percentage) and inferential statistics were used to examine the data. The association and values of the chosen demographic factors were determined using the chi-square test; a p value of 0.05 (p<0.05) was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: The majority of the samples, or 48% of those aged 36 or older, 22% of those aged 26 to 30, 20% of those aged 18 to 25, and 10% of those aged 31 to 35, were male and 32% were female; 80% of the samples were Hindu, 18% were Muslim, and the remaining 2% were Christian; 60% had a joint family and 40% had a nuclear family; 76% did not have a history of mental illness. According to the knowledge interpretation, 66% of the samples had average knowledge, 32% had good knowledge, and the other 2% had bad understanding on the rights of patients with mental illness. The caregivers had an average level of awareness on the rights of mentally ill people, as indicated by the estimated mean level of knowledge of 13.68 and the calculated SD of 2.03. All of the chosen variables were found to have a significant link with the degree of understanding for the chi square. CONCLUSION: The majority of caregivers had mediocre awareness about the rights of mentally ill patients, according to the results.
Keywords	Assess, Knowledge, Human rights of mentally ill, Care givers, Psychiatric OPD
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-11-18
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.61008

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