PROFILE OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND USERS OF A PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE OF CAPE VERDE, AFRICA

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.59756

Keywords:

Health Profile, Mental Disorders, Psychiatric Hospitals, Mental Health, Family.

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the profile of users of the Extensão Trindade Psychiatric Hospital in Cape Verde, Africa, and to characterize the profile of the family members of these users.
Method: a descriptive study was conducted in 2016 with 100 people who were hospitalized in the psychiatry service, between 2010 and 2015, and 30 randomly selected family members. Data collected in the psychiatric hospital (medical records) and in the home (interview) were analyzed in a descriptive way.
Results: 67.0% of the users were male, 82.0% single and 87.0% had one to ten hospital readmissions; 90.0% of the family members were female, 43.3% mothers and 73.3% did not know the mental disorder of the family member.
Conclusion: the study allowed the identification of the profile of users of the psychiatry service in Cape Verde, Santiago Island and that of their family members, contributing to the strategy of nursing care for families and people with mental disorder after hospital discharge.

Author Biographies

Ana Suzete Baessa Moniz, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Programa de Pós-graduação em Enfermagem.

Enfermeira, Doutoranda em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

Mara Regina Santos da Silva, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeira, Doutora em Enfermagem, Professora Associada da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

Edison Luiz Devos Barlem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeiro, Doutor em Enfermagem, Professor da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

Luciano Garcia Lourenção, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Escola de Enfermagem

Enfermeiro, Doutor em Ciências da Saúde, Professor Titular-livre da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande.

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Published

2019-05-09

How to Cite

Moniz, A. S. B., Silva, M. R. S. da, Barlem, E. L. D., & Lourenção, L. G. (2019). PROFILE OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND USERS OF A PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE OF CAPE VERDE, AFRICA. Cogitare Enfermagem, 24. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v24i0.59756

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Vol. 24 (2019)

Section

Research

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