Research article

‘‘TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING IN IMPROVING THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY AMONG THE PATIENT’S RELATIVES UNDERGOING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY IN SELECTED HOSPITALS’’

Miss. Akshata Rajendra Mane 1, DR. Nutan Potdar*2

Online First: November 30, 2022


Mental illness is ignored by the people. There are superstitions among the people. When patient fail to respond to medications or unable to tolerate the side effects of the medications then ECT is one of the good options to treat the patients. OBJECTIVES 1. To assess the attitude towards the electroconvulsive therapy among the patient’s relatives undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. 2. To determine the effectiveness of the video assisted teaching in improving the attitude towards the electroconvulsive therapy among the patient’s relatives undergoing electroconvulsive therapy. 3. To find association between pre-test level of attitude score with selected socio-demographic variables. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: Quantitative research approach was adopted to collect the data.30 patient’s relatives undergoing ECT were selected using non probability purposive sampling technique at karad. The patient’s relative’s attitude was assessed by using attitude scale before and after the intervention with a single session video assisted teaching on ECT. RESULT: The result showed that there was significant difference in pretest and posttest attitude regarding ECT. It shows the video assisted teaching programme was effective in improving attitude towards ECT. That there is a significant relationship exists between attitude score towards ECT among patient’s relatives undergoing ECT with their socio- demographic variables. CONCLUSION There was significant difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding ECT. A single session involving video assisted teaching improves the knowledge towards ECT among patient’s relatives by removing myths and misconception about ECT.

Keywords

Effectiveness, Attitude, electroconvulsive therapy