Effects of Mental Health Clinic Services in Khartoum Sudan
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2022-04
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Kampala international international: School of Health Sciences
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ABSTRACT
The study factors affecting mental health clinic services in Sudan: Methodology: A health facility based descriptive cross sectional study design was used for this
research. A total of 208 mental patients in remission phase were enrolled from four purposively selected health facilities in Sudan. Additionally eight key informants were interviewed. Data was generated using a questionnaire about social demographic factors, socioeconomic and health facility factors that influenced mental health clinic attendance, and key informant interviews provided in depth information on factors influencing regular clinic attendance.
Results: Results indicated that majority 41.8% of the respondents were aged between 25-34
years, and more than half (53.4%) were females. Factors affecting regular clinic attendance included, having a care taker, (P-value 0.05) having someone in charge of treatment costs (p-value
0.002) and having a relative with mental disorder (p-value 0.01) and incurring no cost on transport,(p-value 0.03) Health facility factors affecting clinic attendance included distance to facility, drug availability, health facility accessibility and awareness of service, (p-value 0.005).
Conclusion: The study recommends need to develop and promote interventions to economically
empower families and people affected by mental illness so that they can sustain themselves an visit mental health clinic regularly to ensure continued stability.
Additionally medications should be regularly stocked at the health centers to enable patients be able to access them whenever they visit the clinics for review.
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A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the a ward of the degree of Master of public health Kampala international university
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Effects
, Mental Health, Clinic Services