A Study on Mental Health Status of Elderly Destitute Women in MHI, COE, SCB MCH, Cuttack-A Tertiary care centre in eastern India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: The rejection by families or society or further away from home, their real selves are lost or submerged under the four wall of hospital settings and negligence the life of the destitute becomes really worse and miserable. Mental health is recognized globally as being of enormous social and public health importance. Mental health problems currently are said to constitute about eight percent of the global burden of disease. Aim & Objective: To assess the mental health status of the women destitute admitted in destitute ward of MHI (COE) at SCBMCH & To see the psychological wellbeing and distress of the above destitute women. Methodology: The study was descriptive in nature. The purposive sampling method was adopted and 20 respondents were the sample for the study. MMSE, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, K-10 (Kessle ,2003) & Ryff’s (1995) Scales of Psychological Well-Being (SPWB)( Ryff's,2004) were used for the study. Results : From the interpretation various obtained data it was found that 40% of the respondents are having severe level of distress. All the domains of psychological wellbeing scale show a lower level psychological wellbeing among the respondents. Conclusion: After a clinical evaluation about the homeless individuals with mental illness at MHI, SCB Medical it was revealed that they are not satisfied with their life. The existing resources don’t full fill their psychosocial wellbeing. So they are living not only with the distress but also with various types of psycho social problems.
Authors and Affiliations
Mihir Ranjan Nayak, Manaswini Dash, Sasmita Mohanty, Mamata Swainl
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