Effectiveness of video-based educational programme regarding ECT on knowledge and anxiety among the caregivers of mentally ill patients in selected tertiary care hospital, Belagavi

Abstract

Introduction: Electroconvulsive therapy is a therapeutic option for patients suffering from a variety of psychiatric disorders. Though many measures are available and can be adapted to treat mental illness, ECT is the most efficacious, and safest. As caregivers are concerned due to lack of understanding and their perception, an informational education can provide necessary knowledge as it requires. According to the study, the selected experimental group received five consecutive sessions of a VAEP; however, the involvement of placebo groups received a pamphlet source.

Material And Methods: A true-experimental research design was adopted. A questionnaire approach was used to gather data from 84 caregivers at the selected hospital using a purposive sampling technique.

Results: Overall analysis, level of knowledge among participants to gain knowledge was obtained by the subjects’ fifty-four percent (54.8%) was good scores and forty-five percent (45%) was average scores. As per the area of analysis, the mean score in the post-test is 2.55 and SD is 0.50 and anxiety ranges entail a reduction in post-test scores.

Conclusion: The outcome of the study shows the statistically significant association of knowledge and anxiety with demographic profiles i.e.; age, type of family, relationship with patients, and received ECT in the past two years at the p<0.005 level.