PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TREATMENT NON- COMPLIANCE AMONG PATIENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS

Tharshiniya Rexy S., Prof. Kalaiselvi R.*, Harish K., Elamaran R. and Nafeesa N.

ABSTRACT

Objectives/Aim: Mental health determines how you think, feel and act. good mental health is when you feel positive about yourself and cope well with the everyday pressures. It Determine the prevalence of treatment non-compliance: To quantify the proportion of patients with mental illness who fail to adhere to their prescribed treatment plans, including medication regimens and therapy sessions. The main aim of this study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the prevalence and factors associated with treatment non-compliance among patients with mental illness. Method and Materials: Descriptive research design was adopted for the study and 100 men and women with mental illness were selected at Psychiatry OPD department, CHRI by using a convenience sampling technique. Structured Interview Schedule was used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were adopted to analyze the data. Conclusion and Result: The prevalence and factors associated with treatment non-compliance among patients with mental illness are substantial challenges that require attention and action from the mental health community. The result of this current study shows that 83 % of patients with mental illness were non compliance to the treatment meanwhile 17 % of patient with mental illness were compliance to treatment. Significant association was found between the treatment non-compliance and the demographic variable including age and family monthly income at % level of significance (p=<0.05) and no significant association was found between the remaining demographic variables.

Keywords: Factors for treatment non compliance, Mental health problem, Mental illness, Non compliance, Prevalence for treatment non-compliance.