Pengetahuan Keluarga Tentang Skizofrenia Di Rumah Sakit Jiwa Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ildrem Medan:

Family’s Knowledge about Schizophrenia in Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ildrem Mental Hospital Medan

Abstract

Schizophrenia is one of mental illness diseases which can decrease individuals’ productivity. It becomes a burden for the government, community and the families. Family’s participation has important role in recovery process of patients with schizophrenia. In this term, it can be improved through health education program. The aim of this quantitative research was to describe the level of family’s knowledge with schizophrenia. The research used accidental sampling technique with 99 respondents. The research instrument was questionnaires on respondents’ characteristics and on family’s knowledge of schizophrenia. The data were presented with frequency distribution and percentage. The result of the research revealed that 57 respondents (57.6%) had good knowledge of schizophrenia, 42 respondents (42.4%) had moderate knowledge, and no respondent with poor knowledge. In the last few years, there was the increase in the number of relapse occurance among patients with schizophrenia. Therefore, the high percentage of moderate knowledge was not a real description for the disease. However, nurses were expected to be able to increase family’s knowledge by providing health education about schizophrenia. It includes, families understanding about the disease, signs and symptoms, medication management and the families’ role in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is one of mental disorder which can decrease human productivity. It becomes a problem for government, community, and families. Family has an important role in the patient's healing process with schizophrenia which can be improved by promoting health education programs. This study employed quantitative research which aimed to determine the level of family’s knowledge about schizophrenia in a sample of 99 respondents selected by using accidental sampling. The research instrument was questionnaires about respondents characteristics and family’s knowledge about schizophrenia. The data were presented in frequency distribution and percentages. The results of the study showed that 57 respondents (57.6%) demonstrated good knowledge, 42 respondents (42.4%) demonstrated moderate knowledge, and no respondent demonstrated poor knowledge. In the last few years, there was a sharp increase in the number of relapse occurance in patients with schizophrenia. The high percentage of moderate knowledge was not a real description for the disease. However, it is expected that nurses be able to increase family’s knowledge about schizophrenia, signs and symptoms, medication management and the family’s role in the treatment of patients with schizophrenia by providing health education.