A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge R...

A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Mental Illness among Rural Adults in Selected Area, At Jaipur, Rajasthan

Author Name : Mr. Devendra Singh Yadav

ABSTRACT

Background: Mental health problems refer to the more common struggles and adjustment difficul­ties that affect everybody from time to time. These problems tend to happen when people are going through difficult times in life, such as a relationship ending, the death of some­one close, conflict in relations with family or friends, or stresses at home, school or work. Hence there is a need to assess the knowledge regarding mental illness in a selected rural area at Jaipur

Methods: The sample selected for the study includes 100 adults of selected rural area. To select the samples, non-probability purposive sampling method was used. The reliability of the tool was established and the data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire, based on demographic data, 40 items on knowledge.

Results: The knowledge of mental illness among adults was found 70% good knowledge, average knowledge among 16% adults, very good knowledge among 14% adults and no one with poor knowledge. Chi-square values indicate a significant association between the knowledge scores of rural adults with income.

Conclusions: Overall findings showed that, enhancement in knowledge aspect is required. Chi-square values indicate a significant association between the knowledge scores of rural adults with income.

Keywords: Knowledge; Mental Illness; Adults; Rural area.