An exploratory study on opinion of tracking system for patient with dementia among mental health team member of Pune city

Abstract

Introduction and objective: Patient with dementia who wander are at high risk of harm self and pose threat to self and stress and worry for care givers too. Care givers feel under stress and worry due to this symptoms. The objective of this study was to to determine the opinion from mental health care team member or tracking system for patient with Dementia and to find association between opinions of mental health team members and selected demographic variable. Material and Method: Quantitative Non-Experimental research approach was used and research design was Descriptive Exploratory Research Design to explore on opinion of tracking system for patient with dementia among mental health team member of Pune city. Sample size was 30 and non-probability convenience sampling technique. Tool had two sections. Part A involved the demographic variables age, gender, marital status, designation, and years of experience and part B was structured opinionnair 0 to 2 numerical rating scale which is further divided into 3 categories Yes, No, Don’t Know. Result: Mental health team members is in opine for demand of tracking system for patient with dementia. ANOVA test used to check the association between opinion of mental health team member and selected demographic variable. The p-values are less than 0.05, there is a significant association between opinion of mental health team member and years of experience of mental health team members and with other demographic variables there is no any significant association.