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Abuse and Health Consumer Behavior in Women with Mental Illness in Remission.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 April 2020
Abstract
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Objective
Abuse and health consumerbehavior in women with mental illness in remission.
Aim
To know the level of abuse, effective consumer behavior and itsrelationship in female with mental illness in remission.
Methodology
Fifty one consecutive females wereassessed using socio-demographic pro forma, Composite AbuseScale (CAS), Effective Consumer Scale(ECS) and Indian Disability Assessment Scale (IDEAS).
Result
Eighty nine percent patients experiencedabuse (physical or psychological). Correlation analysis revealed a significantcorrelation between harassment andknowledge of treatment (p<. 01); physical abuse with religion (p<.05) andattitude of others (p<.05); emotional abuse with knowledge of treatment(p<.01) and severe abuse withreligion (p<.05). Socioeconomic status has astatistically significant correlation with domain of consumer behavior such as communications(p<05), negotiation(p<01) and decision – taking action (p<05). Other statistically significant correlation found were between family type and negotiation (p<05), diagnosis and uses of health information (p<05) & priorities (p<05). Marital status has a negative correlation withcommunications (p<05). Total scoreon CASis negatively correlated with scores on ECS, but statistically notsignificant.
Conclusion
Abuse and effective consumer behaviormay vary with socio-demographic variables.
- Type
- Article: 1825
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 30 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 23rd European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2015 , pp. 1
- Copyright
- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2015
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