2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

Everyone has the basic Human Rights including those who are mentally ill. Mentally ill patients are one of the most vulnerable groups in society, it is the responsibility of the Health care providers specially those working in psychiatric setup too protect their human rights. This research article statement is A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding human rights of mentally ill among staff nurses at selected hospitals.

•To assess the pre-test knowledge level regarding human rights of mentally ill among staff nurses.

•To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Human Rights of Mentally Ill among staff nurses.

•To determine the association between knowledge regarding rights of Mentally ill among staff nurses with their selected demographic variables.

H1: There will be a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores regarding human rights of mentally ill among staff nurses.

H2: There will be a significant association between pre-test level of knowledge regarding Human rights of mentally ill among staff nurses with their selected demographic variable.

The study used a one-group pre-test post-test design, and a panel of six experts ascertained its validity. The reliability of the tool was tested using the Spearman method. A pilot study was conducted by administering the questionnaire to five respondents who fulfilled the sampling criteria. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

The overall mean knowledge score of pre-test and post-test reveals that the post-test mean knowledge score was higher at 15.5 with a SD of 3.35 when compared with the pre-test mean knowledge score value of 5.83 with a SD of 3.87.

The statistical student paired t-test implies that the difference in the pre-test and post-test knowledge score was found to be 9.67, which is statistically significant at the 0.05% level. Hence, it is statistically interpreted that the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding human rights of mentally ill among staff nurses at selected hospitals was effective. Thus, H1 is accepted.

The study found a high association between the level of knowledge regarding rights of mentally ill among staff nurses and their demographic variables like years of experiences, nature of institutions and previous knowledge regarding rights of mentally ill.

There is no statistically significant association between the level of knowledge regarding rights of mentally ill among staff nurses and selected d demographic variables like age group, religion, and qualifications and sex of samples.