Community Participation in Caring of substance induced psychosis patients at Mancha Khiri district, Khon Kaen Province

Abstract

     This research is a cross-sectional survey research aimed at studying community involvement in the care of patients with substance abuse psychiatric comorbidities. The sample used in the study was people living in Mancha Khiri district. A total of 137 people collected data using questionnaires and analyzed data using SPSS package. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square. The results showed that the majority of respondents, 84.7 percent, were moderately involved in the care of patients with psychiatric comorbidities. This was followed by lows of 13.9 per cent and high levels. In terms of knowledge about co-morbidity, the majority of respondents had moderate knowledge (81.8%), followed by low knowledge (9.5%) and good knowledge (8.7%) in terms of attitued towards patients with substance abuse psychiatric comorbidities. It was found that most of the respondents had a moderate attitude towards patients. 73.7 percent, followed by good and low at 9.4 and 5.9 percent, respectively. Factors that correlated with community involvement in the care of people with substance abuse disorders with statistical significance at a level of 0.05 were: Having a family member as a patient Community positions, knowledge and attitudes.