Year: 2023 | Month: October-December | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 47-51
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/gijash.20230406
Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Anger Management of Mentally Ill Patients among the Family Members Attending Outpatient Department (O.P.D.) of the Selected Psychiatric Hospitals, Kolkata
Sanhita Gangopadhyay
College Faculty, Santiniketan Govt. College of Nursing, Bolpur S D Hospital, Bolpur, Birbhum, West Bengal, PIN – 731204
ABSTRACT
A descriptive study was carried out to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding anger management of mentally ill patients among the family members attending outpatient department (O.P.D) of the selected psychiatric hospital, Kolkata. The Health Belief Model (1980) was adopted as conceptual framework. 120 participants were selected by convenience sampling method Calcutta Pavlov Hospital, Kolkata– 46. Interview schedule was used for data collection. The study findings based on descriptive/inferential statistics revealed that, (48.33%) participants had good level of knowledge level and majority (73.33%) had moderate attitude level regarding anger management. The mean, median and standard deviation of obtained knowledge and attitude scores were 12.84,12 and 1.99 and 39.67,39 and 5.79 respectively. Correlation coefficient was 0.689, i.e., strongly positive associations. The related ‘t’ value is 10.327, that is significant. There were significant association between level of knowledge and type of family, place of residence, education, economic condition, source of information regarding anger management; level of attitude with education, economic condition, source of information at 0.05 level. Recommendations can be suggested for future studies are large samples, comparative design, in different settings, at least one intervention with its effectiveness.
Keywords: Knowledge regarding anger management and attitude regarding anger management.
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