ASSESSMENT OF RELAPSE PREVENTION AMONG PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS BY NURSES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL SHIKA-ZARIA, NIGERIA

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ASSESSMENT OF RELAPSE PREVENTION AMONG PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS BY NURSES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL SHIKA-ZARIA, NIGERIA

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude of nurses towards relapse prevention among psychiatric patients of Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH),Shika, Zaria. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection among 20 respondents working in the psychiatric ward of ABUTH and all the 20 questionnaires were retrieved. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution tables, and chi-square. Findings from the study revealed that 60% of the respondents had agreed that educational background of the nurses affected their attitude towards relapse, 75% agreed that nurses have the ability to prevent relapse, 85% held that the experience of nurses helps to identify symptoms of relapse, 95% agreed that nurses have the ability to identify a relapsed patient, 90% agreed that poverty predispose psychiatric patient to relapse and 90% agreed that compliance to drug prevents relapse. The hypothetical tests revealed that the relationship between educational background of nurses and their attitude towards prevention of relapse was insignificant (P>0.05; X2=2.97). Alsothe relationship between the experience of nurses and their ability to identify symptoms of relapse wasinsignificant(P>0.05;X2=0.22). It can therefore be concluded that nurses in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Shika-Zaria have the ability of preventing relapse among psychiatric patients because they are well trained in the area of psychiatry.

ASSESSMENT OF RELAPSE PREVENTION AMONG PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS BY NURSES IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL SHIKA-ZARIA, NIGERIA

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