Shimange Mihloti E, Shilubane Hilda Nwamuhohova, Ndou Nthomeni Dorah, Mulondo Adrinah Seani
Department of Advanced Nursing Science, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa.
SAGE Open Nurs. 2024 Aug 9;10:23779608241272489. doi: 10.1177/23779608241272489. eCollection 2024 Jan-Dec.
Knowledge and support by members of the family towards the care of the consumers of mental health services is the core priority and is noticeable by the users as it gives and eases the life of the users during therapy and rehabilitation. However, there have been documented instances of families that neglect their relatives with mental illnesses.
This study explored the experiences of mental healthcare consumers regarding family members' knowledge of mental disorders and support.
Participants who were granted leave of absence were selected through nonprobability, purposive sampling. Data were collected using face-to-face unstructured discussions. Data were analyzed using Colaizzi's technique.
Findings revealed misconceptions versus insight on the cause of mental disorders, knowledge deficit on the effect of treatment, poor support from family members, financial challenges perceived as a source of poor support, and lack of psychological support and its consequences. Mental healthcare consumers verbalized limited support from family members. They reported variation in terms of family members' knowledge of their mental condition.
Training family members on mental health illness is critical to the future of health care as there will be no misunderstanding between them and the consumers of mental health care. Healthcare consumers' feelings of sadness and anxiety could be avoided by avoiding conflicts over their social grants. The government should invest in assisting family members of mental healthcare consumers.
家庭成员对心理健康服务使用者护理的了解与支持是核心优先事项，使用者对此也有明显感受，因为这在治疗和康复期间给予并改善了他们的生活。然而，有记录表明存在一些家庭忽视患有精神疾病亲属的情况。
本研究探讨了心理健康服务使用者关于家庭成员对精神障碍的了解及支持的经历。
通过非概率、目的抽样选取获准休假的参与者。使用面对面的非结构化讨论收集数据。采用科莱齐的方法分析数据。
研究结果揭示了对精神障碍病因的误解与洞察、对治疗效果的知识欠缺、家庭成员支持不足、将经济挑战视为支持不足的根源，以及缺乏心理支持及其后果。心理健康服务使用者表示得到家庭成员的支持有限。他们报告称家庭成员对其精神状况的了解存在差异。
对家庭成员进行心理健康疾病培训对医疗保健的未来至关重要，因为这样他们与心理健康服务使用者之间就不会产生误解。通过避免在社会补助金问题上的冲突，可以避免医疗保健使用者的悲伤和焦虑情绪。政府应投资协助心理健康服务使用者的家庭成员。
