European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Mental disorders are leading contributor to the global disease burden. The global lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in adults is estimated to be between 12·2%-48·6%. To decrease the global public burden, electroconvulsive therapy is the treatment of choice. A descriptive study  on  “A study to assess the perception and anxiety level among the family members of the patients undergoing electro convulsive therapy in a selected hospital of Berhampur, Ganjam, Odisha”. was conducted among 80 family members of the patients undergoing ECT at the psychiatric indoor of M.K.C.G, M.C.H, Berhampur. A descriptive survey research design with survey approach was adopted. The objectives were to assess the perception and anxiety level of family members, to find out the association between perception and anxiety level with their selected demographic variables, to find out the correlation between perception with anxiety level of the family members. The samples were selected by using convenience sampling techniques. The data were collected through self-structured rating scales from 04.06.2018- 17.06.2018. The association of perception and anxiety level with their selected demographic variables were tested by using chi-square test. The reliability was tested by computing inter-rater method (r=0.99, 0.98). The collected data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Study finding revealed that, percentages wise distribution of family members of the patient undergoing ECT was 86.25%, 13.75% respectively and none of them ids having negative perception. According to anxiety scale, highest percentages (48.75%) of family members were having moderate anxiety level where as 46.25% of family members were having mild anxiety level and only 5% of family members were having severe anxiety level towards ECT.
There was no statistical significant  association exist between the perception level with their selected demographic variables like age, gender, relationship with patient, educational status, occupation, family type, residence, previous source of information, per-capita income and previously attended number of ECT. The association between anxiety level with the selected demographic variables of family members shows that, there was no statistical significant  association exists between the anxiety level with their selected demographic variables like age, gender, relationship with patient, educational status, occupation, family type, residence, previous source of information and previously attended number of ECT. And a highly statistical significant association exists between the anxiety level with per-capita income of the family at the 0.05 level of significance.
As per the result of the study, there was moderately negative correlation exists between the perception and anxiety level of the family members of the patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy at 0.05 level of significance